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Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein: Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . . (2008, Abrams Calendars)

Teaches the principles and concepts of philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks, …

Review of 'Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . .' on 'Goodreads'

Cute... fun, even funny... but kind of unsatisfying. I can see how hard it would be to balance the jokes with the actual thoughtfulness, but I feel that the latter got short shrift. There were holes, mistakes, omissions that made me question the authors' background. Read this for the gags, but don't expect to learn much.