A Philosophy of Humour

• Main Author: Roberts, Alan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Philosophy of mind.; Aesthetics.; Philosophy of Mind.

Humour is a funny thing - everyone knows it but no-one knows what it is. This book addresses the question 'What is humour?' by first untangling the definitions of humour, amusement and funniness before then providing a new theory of humour which draws upon recent research in philosophy, ps...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Amusement, Funniness and Humour
• Chapter 3: Early Theories of Amusement
• Chapter 4: The Cognitive Component of Amusement
• Chapter 5: The Affective Component of Amusement
• Chapter 6 : A Theory of Amusement.