Capps, Donald
You've Got To Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think
You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations
- Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are typically identified and discussed in courses on critical reasoning
- Provides an effective way to learn critical thinking skills since jokes often describe real-life situations where it really matters whether a person thinks well or not
- Demonstrates how philosophy is actually very practical and clearly related to real- life human experiences
- Explains how developing good reasoning habits can make a real difference in all aspects of one’s life
Keywords: Philosophical Logic, Critical Thinking, Critical Reasoning, Humor, Jokes, , Philosophy, Relevance, Evidence, Assumption, Rationality, Fallacies
- Author(s)
- Capps, Donald
- Capps, John
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 144 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444356205
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405196642