Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington

Synopsis of Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington

«Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington» is the philosophical humour essay by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, published by Abrams Image in hardback.

With jokes and cartoons, the book dissects the double talk and fallacies of American politics. It covers quotes from politicians such as Donald Rumsfeld, Bill Clinton or Condoleezza Rice and explains rhetorical tricks like the Texas sharpshooter fallacy or the fallacy fallacy, drawing on Aristotle and other philosophers.

Work in English of 191 pages, published in 2008; first edition. It is the sequel to «Platón y un ornitorrinco entran en un bar...».

For readers interested in humour, politics and philosophy, and in the analysis of language and public discourse.