Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar: Understan... -

: The book highlights how jokes often hinge on logical fallacies. For example, they illustrate the Argument from Analogy with a story about a man who mistakenly tries to shoot a bear with an umbrella; when the bear dies, he assumes someone else must have actually shot it.

: To tackle how we know what we know, they use jokes about perception. One example features René Descartes at a restaurant; when asked if he wants more wine, he says, "I think not," and promptly disappears. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understan...

The book's central premise is that a joke's "punchline" and a philosopher's "insight" are built from the same stuff: they both flip our world upside down to reveal hidden truths. : The book highlights how jokes often hinge