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Does Santa Exist
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Author : Eric Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-10-16
Does Santa Exist written by Eric Kaplan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Philosophy categories.
A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa from a co–executive producer of The Big Bang Theory—the perfect stocking stuffer for the deep thinker on everyone’s list. Emmy award–winning comedy writer and philosophy scholar Eric Kaplan brilliantly turns a search for the truth about Santa into a laugh-out-loud metaphysical romp. Surveying everything from the analytic philosophy of Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Buddhism, Taoism, and Kabbalah, Kaplan alights on comedy—including The Big Bang Theory and Monty Python—as the best way to resolve life’s most profound paradoxes, including the existence of perfect moments, Santa, and even God.
Does Santa Exist
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Author : Eric Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-11-06
Does Santa Exist written by Eric Kaplan and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-06 with Science categories.
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 and many other pop-culture sources. Kaplan delves deeper into what all 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?
Santa Lives
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Author : Ellis Weiner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-01
Santa Lives written by Ellis Weiner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01 with categories.
Does Santa Claus actually exist? In this slim but enthralling volume, Ellis Weiner addresses this age-old question & comes to a surprising answer. Using many of the same arguments -- & even some of the same words -- employed by people much smarter than he to answer other, even harder questions, Weiner offers a brilliant step-by-step analysis that is as full of insight as it is insightful. His investigation touches on a myriad of topics, including the existence of napkins, the differences between birthday cake & fruitcake, & whether Santa is American. So does Santa exist? You¿ll have to read this unbelievably intelligent (& unbelievably funny) book to find out. Because otherwise you¿ll never guess what the answer is. Illustrations.
Is There A Santa Claus
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Author : Francis Pharcellus Church
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
Is There A Santa Claus written by Francis Pharcellus Church and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Christmas categories.
A Visit From St Nicholas
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Author : Clement Clarke Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
A Visit From St Nicholas written by Clement Clarke Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse." This timeless poem is so well known to children and so often recited by adults it is virtually a part of our common heritage. Written on Christmas Eve in 1822-in a horse-drawn sleigh with jingling bells according to legend-it evokes the excitement and good cheer of Christmas Eve like no other work of American literature. Paired with Thomas Nast's drawings of St. Nicholas, from which we derive the classic image of Santa Claus, this lovely edition may well become the quintessential American Christmas book for children of all ages.
The Autobiography Of Santa Claus
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Author : Jeff Guinn
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-10-19
The Autobiography Of Santa Claus written by Jeff Guinn and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-19 with Fiction categories.
It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Christmas for his paper, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few months later, he received a call from a gentleman who told him that he showed the story to an important friend who didn’t think much of it. And who might that be? asked Jeff. The next thing he knew, he was whisked off to the North Pole to meet with this “very important friend,” and the rest is, well, as they say, history. An enchanting holiday treasure, The Autobiography of Santa Claus combines solid historical fact with legend to deliver the definitive story of Santa Claus. And who better to lead us through seventeen centuries of Christmas magic than good ol’ Saint Nick himself? Families will delight in each chapter of this new Christmas classic—one per each cold December night leading up to Christmas!
Famous At Home
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Author : Dr. Josh Straub
language : en
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2022-05-03
Famous At Home written by Dr. Josh Straub and has been published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-03 with Religion categories.
No one wakes up and decides, “I’m planning to ruin my marriage, neglect my kids, and cause mistrust in my family.” Yet our personal pursuits and busyness can lead us there. In this book, marriage and leadership coaches Dr. Josh and Christi Straub show how seven core decisions can help us put what’s most important center stage in our lives. Famous at Home is Josh and Christi’s realistic, grace-filled look at the struggles families face in a culture that competes for their time, attention, and identity. Whether you’ve found yourself putting more effort into becoming famous on stages outside the home, or your stage is the home, Famous at Home offers guidance and inspiration to help you give your family the best version of you instead of your leftovers. Famous at Home will help you and your spouse Be on the same team—fighting for each other and not against each other Stay emotionally connected even if work, distance, or busyness are in the way Deeply invest in the emotional lives of your children You really can be famous at home, showing up in intentional and meaningful ways for your biggest fans. All it takes is realizing that the greatest red carpet you’ll ever walk is through your front door.
Inside Jokes
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Author : Matthew M. Hurley
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2013-02-08
Inside Jokes written by Matthew M. Hurley and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-08 with Psychology categories.
An evolutionary and cognitive account of the science behind why we crack up—“one of the most complex and sophisticated humor theories ever presented” (Evolutionary Psychology). Some things are funny—jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed—but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Matthew Hurley, Daniel Dennett, and Reginald Adams offer an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking. Mother Nature—aka natural selection—cannot just order the brain to find and fix all our time-pressured misleaps and near-misses. She has to bribe the brain with pleasure. So we find them funny. This wired-in source of pleasure has been tickled relentlessly by humorists over the centuries, and we have become addicted to the endogenous mind candy that is humor.
Reference And Existence
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Author : Saul A. Kripke
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Reference And Existence written by Saul A. Kripke and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with Philosophy categories.
This volume collects Saul Kripke's Locke Lectures, which were delivered in Oxford in 1973.
The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus
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Author : Adam C. English
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-11
The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus written by Adam C. English and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11 with Religion categories.
The real story of Santa-and why he became a Saint