Plato and a platypus walk into a bar--
is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they'd had in schoolOutrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR's Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to Logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to read—and finally, it all makes sense!
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- Nigel Warburton's A Little History of Philosophy. Cathcart and Klein's Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar. Both are easy-going and fit the description of an overview. Further reading can be segued to Oxford University Press A Very Short Introduction Series. Concise but in-depth reads written by modern philosophers.
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