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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar – Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes is a book that explains basic philosophical concepts through classic jokes. Thomas Wilson Cathcart and Daniel Martin Klein, graduates of Harvard in philosophy, Read More..

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Description	Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar – Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes is a book that explains basic philosophical concepts through classic jokes. Thomas Wilson Cathcart and Daniel Martin Klein, graduates of Harvard in philosophy, collaborated on the book. The book became a bestseller soon after publication. It has been translated into 25 languages and appeared on bestseller lists in the United States, France, and Israel.Plato and a Platypus examines the classic categories of philosophy, with concepts explained or illustrated by jokes.The concept behind the book in the Introduction: “The construction and payoff of jokes and the construction and payoff of philosophical concepts are made out of the same stuff. They tease the mind in the same ways…philosophy and jokes proceed from the same impulse: to confound our sense of the way things are, to flip our worlds upside down, and to ferret out hidden, often uncomfortable, truths about life. What the philosopher calls an insight, the gagster calls a .Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, p.2"
Description	Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar – Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes is a book that explains basic philosophical concepts through classic jokes. Thomas Wilson Cathcart and Daniel Martin Klein, graduates of Harvard in philosophy, collaborated on the book. The book became a bestseller soon after publication. It has been translated into 25 languages and appeared on bestseller lists in the United States, France, and Israel.Plato and a Platypus examines the classic categories of philosophy, with concepts explained or illustrated by jokes.The concept behind the book in the Introduction: “The construction and payoff of jokes and the construction and payoff of philosophical concepts are made out of the same stuff. They tease the mind in the same ways…philosophy and jokes proceed from the same impulse: to confound our sense of the way things are, to flip our worlds upside down, and to ferret out hidden, often uncomfortable, truths about life. What the philosopher calls an insight, the gagster calls a .Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar, p.2"

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Name	Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar – Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
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Authors	Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
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Genre	Comedy
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Country	United States
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Pages	208
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Isbn	978-0-8109-1493-3
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Oclc	71312724
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Publisher	Abrams Image (hardcover)Penguin Group (paperback)
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Pub_date	May 1, 2007
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Release_date	May 1, 2007
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