Does Santa Exist?

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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.

出版者:Dutton Adult
作者:Eric Kaplan
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页数:288
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出版时间:2014-10-16
价格:USD 20.00
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9780525954392
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  • Philosophy 
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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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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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《本书书名无法描述本书内容》的作者Eric Kaplan,是《生活大爆炸》的编剧兼执行制片人。毕业于哈佛大学,目前正在加州大学伯克利分校攻读哲学博士学位。把《Does Santa Exist?》译成《本书书名无法描述本书内容》应该纯粹处于哗众取宠的商业考量,但是不得不说这是一个失败的...  

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其实英文原版叫《Does Santa Exist?》圣诞老人存在吗?中文翻译为了哗众取宠,取了这么个不靠谱的名字,不过这些年出版商为了迎合市场,书名早就越来越糟糕了,出版商们忘记了,好的公司不是去迎合市场,应该是去引导市场。时尚亦如此。 抛开书名的翻译问题不说,书的内容也...  

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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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本书已经脱离了普通民众的娱乐水平,思考的内容和改期性非常之广。 值得多读几遍。

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if you have sleep issues and this book might helps

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if you have sleep issues and this book might helps

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2016年的第一本书。非教科书的第一本哲学书。看到最后才明白书名字的含义。对逻辑学突然产生了兴趣诶。

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