Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes

by Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

Overview

This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school

Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR’s 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 read—and finally, it all makes sense!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143113874
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/24/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	29,409
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Daniel Klein is the coauthor (with Thomas Cathcart) of the international bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar and Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates. The author or coauthor of thirty other books, including The Half-Jewish Book, the Elvis Presley mystery series (Kill Me Tender, Blue Suede Clues), and the award-winning novel The History of Now, Klein holds a degree in philosophy from Harvard University and lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, Freke Vuijst.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The zaniest bestseller of the year.”—The Boston Globe

“I laughed, I learned, I loved it.”—Roy Blount, Jr.

Editorial Reviews

The zaniest bestseller of the year.”—The Boston Globe

“I laughed, I learned, I loved it.”—Roy Blount, Jr.

From the Publisher

I laughed, I learned, I loved it.\

Roy Blount Jr.

The zaniest bestseller of the year.\

Boston Globe