ERIC KAPLAN is a co-executive producer of (and writer for) the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory . Previously he wrote for the Late Show with David Letterman , Futurama (for which he won an Emmy Award), and Flight of the Conchords . Kaplan graduated from Harvard and is currently completing his PhD dissertation in philosophy at UC Berkeley.
发表于2024-12-25
Does Santa Exist? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
这世上无论什么都因人而异 看书前不一定必须要看它的短评 不要总是做一个被牵着鼻子走的人 既然讨厌它何必要花钱去买罪受 让它去虐待你的精神世界? 在我看来 它是一本有趣的大众哲学 尽管文字描述也不算浅显易懂 但是它丰富了我的世界!
评分首先,作者埃里克·卡普兰(EricKaplan)是美剧《生活大爆炸》的编剧,分析哲学的硕士,这点很有噱头,本书号称“《生活大爆炸》有多搞笑,这本书就有多烧脑,反之亦然”,实际上的确如此,在我为自己的脑细胞哀悼之时,我决定写我今年的第一篇读书笔记,也可以叫做读后感。 ...
评分如果不是因为作者是big bang theory的编剧,我想不出可以读这本书的理由~内容东拼西凑,翻译也不是太吸引人~~有点点小失落~~
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A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa--from a co-executive producer of The Big Bang Theory
Metaphysics isn't ordinarily much of a laughing matter. But in the hands of acclaimed comedy writer and scholar Eric Kaplan, a search for the truth about old St. Nick becomes a deeply insightful, laugh-out-loud discussion of the way some things exist but may not really be there. Just like Santa and his reindeer.
Even after we outgrow the jolly fellow, the essential paradox persists: There are some things we dearly believe in that are not universally acknowledged as real. In Does Santa Exist? Kaplan shows how philosophy giants Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein strove to smooth over this uncomfortable meeting of the real and unreal--and failed. From there he turns to mysticism's attempts to resolve such paradoxes, surveying Buddhism, Taoism, early Christianity, Theosophy, and even the philosophers at UC Berkeley under whom he studied. Finally, this brilliant comic writer alights on--surprise--comedy as the ultimate resolution of the fundamental paradoxes of life, using examples from The Big Bang Theory , Monty Python's cheese shop sketch, and many other pop-culture sources.
Finally Kaplan delves deeper into what this means, from how our physical brains work to his own personal confrontations with life's biggest questions: If we're all going to die, what's the point of anything? What is a perfect moment? What can you say about God? Or Santa?
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评分在"未读"的推荐图书里看到了中文版《本书书名无法描述本书内容》,Eric Kaplan是生活大爆炸的编剧。 偷懒就找了原版读。惊喜一是插画很喜欢, by Eleanor Davis,二是读到最后一章才能明白标题,如果说这种绕脑无聊的书毫无意义,那确实是没有读懂。
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Does Santa Exist? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书