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Platón y un ornitorrinco entran en un bar... (original 2006; edition 2009)

by Thomas Cathcart (Author), Nuria Pujol Vallas (Translator)

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Here's a lively, 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--it all makes sense!--From publisher description.… (more)
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Title:Platón y un ornitorrinco entran en un bar...
Authors:Thomas Cathcart (Author)
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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosopy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart (2006)

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It achieved its goal of explaining philosophy to the layman. But I wouldn't go out of my way to reccomend it to friends. ( )
  steven.skytower | Jan 26, 2024 |
I've been a casual reader of philosophy since my dad gave me a copy of "Thales to Dewey" when I was a senior in high school. I mention this only because I'm not sure if the jokes were funnier to me because I was familiar with most of the philosophical points they were illustrating. Either way, one isn't going to walk away from this book knowing a great deal about philosophy. But it might take the scary/snobby edge off of the subject and allow one to more comfortably take up reading a good philosophy book. ( )
  Treebeard_404 | Jan 23, 2024 |
understanding philosophy through jokes
  SrMaryLea | Aug 23, 2023 |
A wonderful, brief, summary and overview of philosophy through the usage of jokes. Written well, both with the jokes for its humor and how it pertains and explains philosophy, from the beginning up until the modern era. ( )
  BenKline | Aug 14, 2023 |
An enjoyable read that helped pass the time during a long flight to Costa Rica ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
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To the memory of our philosophical grandfather GROUCHO MARX, who summed up our basic ideology when he said, "These are my principles; if you don't like them, I have others."
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Here's a lively, 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--it all makes sense!--From publisher description.

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