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1: A Very Funny Book
This is a very funny book. Cathcart and Klein manage to teach a little philosophy along with the humor. They seem to understand their subject and they make it fun for the reader.
I enjoyed this book even more than their other, similar, book:
Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington
I enjoyed this book and wholeheartedly recommend it to others.
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2: wonderful gift book
This is a wonderful book to enjoy and to give as a gift. It includes insights, wisdom, and great jokes!
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3: Horrible both philosophically and comedically
I'm a Ph.D. student in philosophy and I bought this to see whether any of it was worth using in an Intro to Philosophy course. None of it is worth using for that purpose. It does every topic an injustice: usually false or misleading; at best superficial. Nor is it funny; although I agree with Wittgenstein that good, serious philosophy could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
James Grindeland
Department of Philosophy
University of Georgia
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4: Understanding the jokes
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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5: Philosphy can be hilarious
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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