In filling in the wealth of the 210-page tome, authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein went to great lengths pointing out the relationship between humor and philosophy's major subdivisions such as metaphysics, logic, ethics, existentialism, and the philosophy of religion. The book's title is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the age-old "bar joke" that tells you exactly what to expect inside: a half-drunk, half-sober philosophical rambling of the many virtues of humor that are both too absurd yet too real. If you like telling witty jokes, and like being so smart about it, then this is the right book for you.īeing the perfect epitome of Derrida's deconstructive, dualist idea of nature, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar can be taken as a representation of the lighter side of philosophy, or - on the flipside of the coin - a creditable, logical analysis on the anatomy of jokes and how jokes work. *Review ini terbit di The Jakarta Post tanggal 11 Januari 2009 ( link )*
Thomas Cathcart dan Daniel Klein, Penguin 2008
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