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I majored in philosophy. Descartes is at the center of the only philosophy joke I ever heard. Socrates, Kant and Descartes were sitting in a bar, talking about
by jimt1234 3y ago
I majored in philosophy. Descartes is at the center of the only philosophy joke I ever heard.
Socrates, Kant and Descartes were sitting in a bar, talking about baseball:
- Socrates: Dodgers are gonna win it all this year. They're unstoppable.
- Kant: Totally agree. Betts, Ohtani, Freeman. Go Dodgers. What do you think, Rene?
- Descartes: Well, they have the hitting, but I don't think [Poof! Descartes disappears.]
- ses1984 3y agoHere are two more for you. Sartre is sitting at a cafe and orders coffee with no cream. The waiter says, "I'm sorry, Monsieur Sartre, we are all out of cream -- how about with no milk?" man goes to bertrand russell. says he hates his beard but will not shave it. russell says "treatment is simple. great barber pagliacci is in town. he will shave all men (and only those men) who will not shave themselves." man bursts into tears. "but bertrand,"
- actionfromafar 3y agoI could use an explanation of the last one.
- animaomnium 3y ago"but bertrand... I am pagliacci" Induction: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/
- xandrius 3y agoDo you expect someone to read all that or is there a particular passages that would explain the joke?
- animaomnium 3y agoYou could read the whole thing but it would be quicker to infer that if I need to explain the joke,
- ses1984 3y agoIt’s a combination of Russel’s paradox, and the joke about a clown named pagliacci. Russel’s paradox is: there’s a barber in town who only shaves men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself?
- AdamN 3y agoDescartes sits down in his seat on an airplane and the steward asks, "would you like some tea?", to which Descartes replies, "I think not" and poof!, he disappears out of existence.
- aidenn0 3y agoAssuming the converse is really putting Descartes in front of the horse.
- 082349872349872 3y agoThe various anecdotes[0] about Diogenes are almost nothing but jokes[1]; he used humanity as his straight man. — Not the Diogenes? I have been looking for you... I am Alexander, king of Macedon, called by some "the Great"; do you have any boon you wish to ask of me? — Yes: please move a little to the left. You're standing in my sun. [0] https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/diogenes.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gr... [1] compare Moore's The Comedian? "It came true. You're lookin' at it."
- getwiththeprog 3y agoThis may have been why Descartes preferred the French formulation of the cogito Je Suis, Je Exist.
- Propelloni 3y agoThis is a good occasion to pitch the sublime https://existentialcomics.com/comic/1 https://existentialcomics.com/comic/1