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Author:

Cathcart, Thomas, 1940-

Title:

Plato and a platypus walk into a bar : understanding philosophy through jokes / Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein.

Publisher:

Abrams Image,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

200 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Philosophy.--Humor.
Philosophy.

Other Authors:

Klein, Daniel M.

Contents:

Philogagging: an introduction -- Metaphysics -- Logic -- Epistemology -- Ethics -- Philosophy of religion -- Existentialism -- Philosophy of language -- Social and political philosophy -- Relativity -- Meta-philosophy -- Summa time: a conclusion.

Summary:

Teaches philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks.

LCCN:

2006028944

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