I Think, Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of Philosophy - Hardcover

Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that 'a serious and good philosophical work could be written that consists entirely of jokes'. Inspired by this idea, John Allen Paulos shows here how conceptual humour and analytical philosophy resonate at a very deep level. I THINK, THEREFORE I LAUGH is packed with jokes, stories, parables, puzzles and anecdotes, all of which relate in one way or another to various philosophical problems. Did you hear the one about Groucho Marx and Bertrand Russell... 'Paulos is brilliant at capturing difficult ideas in a memorable joke. I've never laughed so much while thinking so hard' - Brian Butterworth

John Allen Paulos is Professor of Mathematics at Temple University. He is the bestselling author of INNUMERACY, A MATHEMATICIAN READS A NEWSPAPER, and ONCE UPON A NUMBER, all published by Penguin. He lives in Philadelphia.