false 2169308 3 Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of the national bestseller <I>Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar</I>, aren’t falling for any election year claptrap—and they don’t want their readers to either! In <I>Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington</I>, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the double-speak, flim-flam, and alternate reality of politics in America. <BR><BR>Deploying jokes and cartoon as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” (Donald Rumsfeld), “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” (Bill Clinton), or even, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” (Thomas Jefferson, et al). <BR><BR>Drawing from the pronouncements of everyone from Caesar to Condoleeza Rice, Genghis Kahn to Hillary Clinton, and Adolf Hitler to Al Sharpton. Cathcart and Klein help us learn to identify tricks such as “The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy” (<I>non causa pro causa</I>) and the “The Fallacy Fallacy” (<I>argumentum and logicam</I>). <I>Aristotle and an Aardvark</I> is for anyone who ever felt like the politicos and pundits were speaking Greek. At least Cathcart and Klein provide the Latin name for it (raudatio publica)! 2434245 1 1 2008 Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes total:121|5:30|4:43|3:38|2:8|1:2| 121 454 214 40 2169308 0810995417 9780810995413 120 40 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2169308.Aristotle_and_an_Aardvark_Go_to_Washington_Understanding_Political_Doublespeak_Through_Philosophy_and_Jokes 4 1 false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 13:44:13 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 04:16:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2169308 0810995417 9780810995413 120 40 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2169308.Aristotle_and_an_Aardvark_Go_to_Washington_Understanding_Political_Doublespeak_Through_Philosophy_and_Jokes 3 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:18:15 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 12:10:38 -0700 2009 Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, so when I stumbled on this at a bookstore the other day, it was a no brainer.

I wish it had a bit more in the way of jokes, honestly. That's about the only bad thing I can say about it, as it accessibly teaches (or reviews) the basic...more...]]> 2169308 0810995417 9780810995413 120 40 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2169308.Aristotle_and_an_Aardvark_Go_to_Washington_Understanding_Political_Doublespeak_Through_Philosophy_and_Jokes 1 0 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 18:48:08 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 18:56:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2169308 0810995417 9780810995413 120 40 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2169308.Aristotle_and_an_Aardvark_Go_to_Washington_Understanding_Political_Doublespeak_Through_Philosophy_and_Jokes 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 13 12:45:29 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 12:46:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2169308 0810995417 9780810995413 120 40 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2169308.Aristotle_and_an_Aardvark_Go_to_Washington_Understanding_Political_Doublespeak_Through_Philosophy_and_Jokes 4 0 false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:59:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 12:49:13 -0700 2009 wanted to read this book, after so many years of finding the subject matter not only boring but actually sparking a kind of pain-aversion reflex, was getting sick of the sense of paralysis, impotence, ...more...]]> 2169308 0810995417 9780810995413 120 40 3.75 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2169308.Aristotle_and_an_Aardvark_Go_to_Washington_Understanding_Political_Doublespeak_Through_Philosophy_and_Jokes 5 0 false Tue May 05 08:20:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:35:13 -0700 2009
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My favorite jokes in this book:

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Accessible - 5
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Kept my Attention - 5
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