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Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. �the philosopher-king of comedy,� and many have detected philosophical profundity in Louis�s comedy, some of which has been watched tens of millions of times on YouTube and elsewhere. Louis C.K. and Philosophy is designed to help Louis�s fans connect the dots between his pronouncements and living philosophical themes. Twenty-five philosophers examine the wisdom of Louis C.K. from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The chapters draw upon C.K.�s standup comedy, the show Louie, and C.K.�s other writings. There is no attempt to fit Louis into one philosophical school; instead the authors bring out the diverse aspects of the thought of Louis C.K. One writer looks at the different meanings of C.K.�s statement, �You�re gonna be dead way longer than you were alive.� Another explores how Louis knows when he�s awake and when he�s dreaming, taking a few tips from Descartes. One chapter shows the affinity of C.K.�s �sick of living this bullshit life� with Kierkegaard�s �sickness unto death.� Another pursues Louis�s thought that we may by our lack of moral concern �live a really evil life without thinking about it." C.K.'s religion is "apathetic agnostic," conveyed in his thought experiment that God began work in 1982.