 |
||||||
| Browse | Search | Information | Home | Shopping Basket | ||
| Easy Order Form | ||||||
| 13 March 2010 | ||||||
|
|
||||||
| Featured Books | View by: new arrivals, author, title, sale, bargains | |
| Browse | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | Economics > Philosophy & Linguistics > Politics | ||
 |
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar | |||
| Understanding Philosophy through Jokes | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Thomas Cathcart; Daniel Klein | ||||
| Abrams 2007 200 pages | ||||
| Hardback 081091493X | ||||
| Published Price £9.95 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| What makes a riddle Machiavellian? Which blonde jokes rely on Zeno's paradox? Was Camus just pulling Sartre's leg? Harvard philosophy majors Cathcart and Klein demonstrate that jokes really can explain the meaning of it all, as they merge the world of Western philosophy with one-liners, shaggy dog stories, cartoons and even the odd limerick. | ||||
|
||||
 |
Philosophy | |||
| The Latest Answers to the Oldest Questions | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Nicholas Fearn | ||||
| Atlantic 2005 226 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1843540681 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| Described in the Independent as 'well suited to the person who has some interest in philosophy but is too lazy to keep up', Fearn's book assesses the current state of philosophy and examines the latest approaches to problems first tackled by the ancient Greeks. Drawing on interviews with over 30 prominent philosophers, Fearn covers the most enduring questions in three sections: Who am I? What do I know? and What should I do? | ||||
|
|
||||
| Search | Show all Philosophy & Linguistics books | Top of Page |
| Philosophy & Linguistics Books | © Sandpiper Books Ltd 2001-2010 | Philosophy & Linguistics Books |