Does Santa Exist
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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 Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus Illustrated
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Author : L Frank Baum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-24
The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus Illustrated written by L Frank Baum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-24 with categories.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a 1902 children's book, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark
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
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.
Design Mom
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Author : Gabrielle Stanley Blair
language : en
Publisher: Artisan Books
Release Date : 2015-04-07
Design Mom written by Gabrielle Stanley Blair and has been published by Artisan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-07 with House & Home categories.
New York Times best seller Ever since Gabrielle Stanley Blair became a parent, she’s believed that a thoughtfully designed home is one of the greatest gifts we can give our families, and that the objects and decor we choose to surround ourselves with tell our family’s story. In this, her first book, Blair offers a room-by-room guide to keeping things sane, organized, creative, and stylish. She provides advice on getting the most out of even the smallest spaces; simple fixes that make it easy for little ones to help out around the house; ingenious storage solutions for the never-ending stream of kid stuff; rainy-day DIY projects; and much, much more.
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.