false 180995 10 Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what it's like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a man), and much more. Finally&#151;it all makes sense!<BR><BR>&#147;I laughed, I learned, I loved it!&#148; Roy Blount Jr. 2402271 book 1 5 2007 Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes total:1139|5:253|4:450|3:327|2:85|1:24| 1139 4240 1944 346 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 4 2 false Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 10:56:57 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 11:13:44 -0800 2008 Norman began to hyperv...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 5 2 false Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 07:25:49 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 07:44:01 -0800 2008
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein are Harvard philosophy majors who understand that the rest of us don't know what the hell Nietzsche is talking about. They break the discipline down into its major strands, mix...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 4 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 22:33:15 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 23:45:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 17 18:31:42 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 18:51:46 -0700 2008 you haven't lived until you think about death all the time".

Customer in a restaurant: How do you prepare your chickens?
Cook: Oh, nothing special really. We just tell them they're gonna die. Joke:>)
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This books makes you laugh really loud and has some of the best clean jokes ever. It is a very light read and easily makes you think about real things. If you like philosophy and don't mind talking about grand ideas or try to ask the eternal questions like:"Why we are...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 5 1 true Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 14:44:54 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 14:50:26 -0700 2008 Who knows? only philosophical book i've ever read! But if i'd read any others, this would be the best. PPWB was awesome, giving a new dialogue with a joke and some philosophy, shaken not stirred at the beginning of each chapter. My fa...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 3 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 15:47:17 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 08:21:32 -0700 2007 lots of groaners in this one, folks) that will resonate most with those with a background in philosophy. It definitely will not teach the newbie/uninitiated enough about the various p...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 3 0 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 07:19:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 07:20:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1615198 1428173765 9781428173767 32 14 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185913749m/1615198.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1615198.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_Into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 4 1 true Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 08:57:43 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 03:20:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 4 0 false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:15:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:34:33 -0700 2009 "He looks up, and all he can see is a circle of sky. Suddenly, the clou...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 4 0 false Wed May 13 18:35:23 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 18:59:12 -0700 2009
That seems to be the impression one gets from reading "Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar", by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, who deliver a quick survey of western philosophy using jokes. Yes, those stupid, abs...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 3 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 04:41:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 12:01:49 -0800 2009
The intro: Abrupt medium close-up of Alvy Singer doing a comedy ...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 5 0 false Thu Jul 16 02:58:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 02:59:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 5 0 false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 06:50:48 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:07:44 -0800 2009 2
I can't believe that the authors didn't include my favorite philosophical joke, which ponders the meaning of existence:

A Farmer and his wife walk int...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 3 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:10:54 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:24:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3538130 0143113879 9780143113874 95 32 3.72 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3538130.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 3 0 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 06:19:06 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 11:30:31 -0800 2008
If you ever wanted a quic...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 3 0 false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 10:52:31 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 10:57:00 -0800 2009
A man goes ...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 1 2 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:26:55 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:32:06 -0700 2009
I suppose their section on "Feminist Philosophy" aims to answer nay-sayers. No answers for ...more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 5 0 false Thu May 28 04:19:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 10:13:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 180995 081091493X 9780810914933 1002 296 3.72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222897338m/180995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180995.Plato_and_a_Platypus_Walk_into_a_Bar_Understanding_Philosophy_Through_Jokes 0 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 08:38:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 08:46:29 -0700 2009 If your college studies (like mine) were heavy on sciences without much time for liberal arts (electives are chosen to avoid more mental heavy lifting) this is a nice way to realize what you managed to absorb...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6572910