: The authors explore moral frameworks like Utilitarianism and the Golden Rule . They cite George Bernard Shaw’s witty critique: "Do not do unto others as you would have others do unto you; they may have different taste".
: To tackle how we know what we know, they use jokes about perception. One example features René Descartes at a restaurant; when asked if he wants more wine, he says, "I think not," and promptly disappears. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understan...
: To explain the concept of infinite regress (the idea that every cause must have a cause), the authors use the "turtles all the way down" joke, where an elderly woman claims the world rests on the back of a turtle, which rests on another turtle, and so on. : The authors explore moral frameworks like Utilitarianism
Here is how the book "tells its story" through these philosophical branches: One example features René Descartes at a restaurant;