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Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosphy and Jokes

Thomas Cathcart

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of the national bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, aren’t falling for any election year claptrap—and they don’t want their readers to either! In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the double-speak, flim-flam, and alternate reality of politics in America.

Deploying jokes and cartoon as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” , “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” , or even, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” .

Drawing from the pronouncements of everyone from Caesar to Condoleeza Rice, Genghis Kahn to Hillary Clinton, and Adolf Hitler to Al Sharpton. Cathcart and Klein help us learn to identify tricks such as “The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy” and the “The Fallacy Fallacy” . Aristotle and an Aardvark is for anyone who ever felt like the politicos and pundits were speaking Greek. At least Cathcart and Klein provide the Latin name for it !

Language: English

Pages: 191

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Abrams Image

Release: January 01, 2008

ISBN: 0810995417

ISBN 13: 9780810995413

Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosphy and Jokes

Thomas Cathcart

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of the national bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, aren’t falling for any election year claptrap—and they don’t want their readers to either! In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the double-speak, flim-flam, and alternate reality of politics in America.

Deploying jokes and cartoon as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” , “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” , or even, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” .

Drawing from the pronouncements of everyone from Caesar to Condoleeza Rice, Genghis Kahn to Hillary Clinton, and Adolf Hitler to Al Sharpton. Cathcart and Klein help us learn to identify tricks such as “The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy” and the “The Fallacy Fallacy” . Aristotle and an Aardvark is for anyone who ever felt like the politicos and pundits were speaking Greek. At least Cathcart and Klein provide the Latin name for it !

Language: English

Pages: 191

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Abrams Image

Release: January 01, 2008

ISBN: 0810995417

ISBN 13: 9780810995413

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