TY - BOOK AU - Klein,Daniel M. AU - Cathcart,Thomas AU - Cathcart,Thomas TI - Plato and a platypus walk into a bar...: understanding philosophy through jokes SN - 9781786070180 (pbk.) : AV - BD31 U1 - 102.07 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Oneworld KW - Philosophy KW - Humor KW - ukslc N1 - Originally published: as by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. New York: Abrams Image, 2006 N2 - Here's an accusation - Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of 'is' is, And one for the existentialists - you haven't lived until you think about death all the time. Crammed with over 100 jokes and graced by the occasional cartoon, written in a Marxist style (Groucho's, not Karl's) and featuring frequent appearances from a comic two-man Greek chorus, 'Plato and a Platypus' is a hilarious romp through the calssic areas of philosophy ER -