Inside jokes using humor to reverse-engineer the mind /

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Hoofdauteur: Hurley, Matthew M., 1977-
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Andere auteurs: Dennett, Daniel Clement, Adams, Reginald B.
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • What is humor for?
  • The phenomenology of humor
  • A brief history of humor theories
  • Twenty questions for a cognitive and evolutionary theory of humor
  • Emotion and computation
  • A mind that can sustain humor
  • Humor and mirth
  • Higher order humor
  • Objections considered
  • The penumbra : non-jokes, bad jokes, and near-humor
  • But why do we laugh?
  • The punch line.