Plato and a platypus walk into a bar : Understanding philosophy through jokes (Bog)

Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 215
Forlag: Penguin Books
Udgivelsesår: 2008
This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes theyad had in school Outrageously funny, "Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar" . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authorsaand born vaudevilliansaThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPRas "Weekend Edition," Lively, original, and powerfully informative, "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar" . . . is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism ("What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?") to Logic ("Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything"). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to readaand finally, it all makes sense
Titel: Plato and a platypus walk into a bar : Understanding philosophy through jokes
Forfattere: Thomas Cathcart,Daniel Klein

Sammendrag: Denne bog bruger humor til at introducere og forklare filosofiske begreber. Den indeholder eksempler som bruger logik, eksistentialisme, sprog og etik.
Type: Paperback