![]() ![]() ![]() Together, they are authors of the politically incorrect book of daily affirmations, Macho Meditations. He lives with his wife in the Berkshires. Dan has written jokes for various comedians including Flip Wilson and Lily Tomlin. Tom worked with street gangs in Chicago, doctors at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and dropped in and out of various divinity schools. Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klein pursued the usual careers after majoring in philosophy at Harvard. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein visit Googles Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss their book Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what it's like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a man), and much more. It's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss their book "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes." This event took place on September 16, 2008, as part of the series. ![]()
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