If You Can Read This is a witty and entertaining exploration of the philosophical ideas reflected in 150 of the most popular bumper stickers.  Author Jack Bowen believes that philosophy is all around us and that something as ordinary as a bumper sticker can open us up to new ways of grappling with a wide assortment of issues.  He argues that (almost) every bumper sticker, no matter how offensive or seemingly inane, holds at least a kernel of truth.  

Jack Bowen teaches philosophy at Menlo School in Atherton, California, and runs the Stanford Summer Philosophy Camp.  He will be featured along with Richard Dawkins and Leonard Susskind in an upcoming documentary titled "The Nature of Existence."  A charismatic presenter, he speaks frequently on philosophy-related subjects.  His first book, a philosophical novel titled The Dream Weaver, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller.  He lives in California.

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