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Daily Archives: 6 April 2016

Comedy and Philosophy I: Topical jokes and comparative philosophy

Posted on 6 April 2016 by Matthew Dasti — 8 Comments ↓

I’ve been thinking about intersections between comedy and philosophy for some time. I plan to post a recurring, if perhaps disjointed, series of reflections on such intersections here. Recently, I heard one of my favorite comics make what I think Continue reading →

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