Plato and a platypus walk into a bar from wikipedia the free encyclopedia plato and a platypus walk into a bar understanding philosophy through jokes is a 2007 book by thomas wilson cathcart and daniel martin klein that explains several philosophical concepts with the help of jokes that serve to illustrate the points in the book. Plato and a platypus walk into a bar understanding philosophy through jokes i havent laughed so loud and long since years because im reading many philosophers as a stimulant for my brain it is really amusing and funny to read about all those heavy thoughts and systems from a different humerous angle. 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. Thomas cathcart and daniel klein wrote the bestselling plato and a platypus walk into a bar understanding philosophy through jokes which will be translated into more than a dozen languages not bad for a couple of philosophy majors from harvard who tried on various careers after graduation tom worked with street gangs in chicago doctors at blue cross and blue shield and dropped in and out of. Plato and a platypus walk into a bar understanding philosophy through jokes item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for graphic violence graphic sexual content texts plato and a platypus