![]() Those who enjoy philosophy will enjoy this book thoroughly but those who keep such books at bay can still go for it. And the authors have used jokes to explain the philosophical concepts. It tries to explain the reader about various branches of Philosophy without going too much into the details. In one case, the aim is to make you laugh, in the other to make you think.‘Pluto and Platypus walk into a Bar’ can also be called ‘When Philosophy marries Humor’! This is a philosophical book and the best part is that it is Humorous! This is the only book I have read (so far) which blends the two wonderfully. Part of the point of the book is that there actually is a close similarity between jokes and philosophy: both work by carrying you along what looks like familiar territory, only to pull the rug from under you at the last moment. 'So,' shrugged one of the other rabbis, 'now it's three to two.'” The rabbi was getting ready to ask for a very, very big sign, but just as he said, 'O, God.,' the sky turned pitch-black, the earth shook, and a deep, booming voice intoned, 'HEEEEEE'S RIIIIIIGHT!' The rabbi put his hands on his hips, turned to the other three, and said, 'Well?' 'I told you I was right!' cried the rabbi, but his friends insisted that nothing had happened that could not be explained by natural causes. So please, God, a bigger sign!' This time four storm clouds appeared, rushed toward each other to form one big cloud, and a bolt of lightning slammed into a tree on a nearby hill. 'O, God, I need a bigger sign to show that I am right and they are wrong. 'A sign from God! See, I'm right, I knew it!' But the other three disagreed, pointing out that storm clouds often form on hot days. As soon as the rabbi finished his prayer, a storm cloud moved across the sky above the four rabbis. 'O, God!,' he cried, 'I know in my heart that I am right and they are wrong! Please give me a sign to prove it to them!' It was a beautiful sunny day. One day, the odd rabbi out, after losing three to one again, decided to appeal to a higher authority. “Four rabbis used to argue theology together, and three were always in accord against the fourth. Again on logic, this time about the fallacy of the argument from authority: OK, one more, just to entice you to get Cathcart and Klein's book. Uh, what does it tell you, Holmes?' 'Watson, you idiot! Someone has stolen our tent!'” Theologically, I see that God is all-powerful, and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. 'Well,' he says, 'astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. 'And what do you conclude from that, Watson?' Watson things for a moment. 'Watson,' he says, 'look up in the sky and tell me what you see.' 'I see millions of stars, Holmes,' says Watson. In the middle of the night Holmes wakes up and gives Dr. “Holmes and Watson are on a camping trip. How about the following explanation of inductive reasoning (for which Sherlock Holmes is most famous, despite the fact that everybody – including his author, Conan Doyle, keeps referring to his method as “deduction”)? As he lay dying, he cried out, 'God, how could you do this to me?' And a voice from the heavens responded, 'To tell you the truth, Thompson, I didn't recognize you.”ĭid God confuse Thompson's accidental qualities for his essential ones? Afterward, while stepping out of the barbershop, he was hit by a bus. Svelte and tan, he decided to top it all off with a sporty new haircut. In just three months' time, Thompson lost thirty pounds, reduced his waist by six inches, and expanded his chest by five inches. He went on a strict diet, he jogged, he swam, and he took sunbaths. “When Thompson hit seventy, he decided to change his lifestyle completely so that he could live longer. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein's book (which I haven't finished yet, but it's good enough to write about already) is short (200 small pages), comprehensive (you'll find everything there from logic to ethics, from metaphysics to the philosophy of religion), and, well, funny! Take this way of understanding the distinction between essential and accidental properties: In recent years there has been a bit of a cottage industry of introductory books on philosophy for the general public – which I actually think is a good thing: philosophy has a bad enough reputation, especially in the United States, and anything that can help people appreciate thousands of years of efforts at understanding the big questions in life can't be all that bad. Is the title of a delightful little book on, as the subtitle says, understanding philosophy through jokes.
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