by Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
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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—it all makes sense!
“I laughed, I learned, I loved it!” Roy Blount Jr.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 wonderful gift book, 2008-11-16
This is a wonderful book to enjoy and to give as a gift. It includes insights, wisdom, and great jokes!
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"Intelligent and Hilarious!" in scare quotes!, 2008-11-09
I'm a fourth year Ph.D. student in philosophy and I bought this book to see whether any of it was worth using in an Introduction to Philosophy course. But none of it is worth using for that purpose. The philosophical content in this book is just not up to par. It is so bad, it does every topic that it covers a grave injustice, being at best utterly superficial. The kick in the junk is that it isn't funny either.
I give it five stars, for two reasons. First, because then my review has a better chance of being read by potential buyers. Second, I am absolutely certain that there is an audience for this kind of crap. The crappy jokes will give some people the gut giggles. And the pathetic lack of content will make some people feel less dumb: for, since there's not much to it, there's not much to possibly misunderstand.
I agree with Wittgenstein that good, serious philosophy could be written consisting entirely of jokes. But, so far, this hasn't happened.
James Grindeland
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Philosophy
University of Georgia
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 Understanding the jokes, 2008-11-04
Our book club selection (9 people) for Oct. The members that were educated in these fields reveled on this book. Most of us weren't of that mindset, we did enjoy and shared our favorite or most meaningful joke. Those that understood high stars, others low marks so 3 stars and enjoy.
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Philosphy can be hilarious, 2008-10-16
This is a very funny book with laugh out loud jokes that illustrate all the schools of philosophy, including meta-phlosophy: philosophy about philosophy, which, despite its name, does not invole drugs. You will learns something about these different branches that most of us would avoid like cow liver. You may even be inspired to take a class or read a more serious work. Me, I am going to read one of their other book.
John, author of reading Thomas Merton
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Excellent., 2008-09-23
I won't pretend for a moment I know a damn thing about philosophy, as much as I'd love to the esoteric barriers always seem just out reach for either my pedestrian intelligence or my patience, or both. This book, and its companion (Aristotle and an Aardvark) are both so enjoyable I read it completely while in the bookstore and still bought it. The authors appear to have a deeply rooted understanding of the nuances of philosophical thought and study yet present the material in such an approachable, understandable and humorous way one can't help but enjoy the process of learning. You WILL laugh and WILL learn.
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