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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

By Daniel Klein, Thomas Cathcart

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About the book

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.Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart take philosophy to task with flair and gusto in this wise and hilarious treasure of a book. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... is an irreverent crash course through the great thinkers ...Show more

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9781786070180

Publisher

Oneworld Publications

Published year

2016

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1

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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

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Paperback

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