Publishers of books on cooking, dining, travel, history, sports, gardening, ghosts, and humor plus childrens books. Against the day by thomas pynchon, bridge of birds by barry hughart, lamb. Introduction to will durants, the story of philosophy. A philosophy of humor and comedy, as well as ethics, philosophy. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Jim holt on how philosophers have explained our sense of humour. Ted cohen loves a good laugh, but as a philosopher, he is also interested in how jokes work, why they work, and when they dont.
It invites philosophers from various traditions to share studies of humor, laughter, and the comic, and their roles e. I recently had the idea to create a series for a friends humor blog. A comprehensive philosophy of humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor reveals how standard theories of. Other research interests include the philosophy of humor his most recent book is isnt that clever. They famously taught the work you may even begin to understand philosophy through jokes, penning three books on the topic. The philosophy of laughter and humor suny series in philosophy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Jokes is a book of jokes as well as a book about them. John morrealls broadranging concerns in taking laughter seriously make it a book that will interest those in the social and behavioral sciences, philosophy. The mix of laughter and real, scientific analysis is accessible for anyone, and distills otherwise dense notions into fun frivolity. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Each one forces us to look and think in a different way, changing our outlook through a quick change in the mundane. It is one of the first philosophy books i ever read and, thanks to a gift from my soninlaw, i own a signed copy. An exploration of philosophical and religious ideas about humor in modern philosophy and their secular implications. I start with a really bad joke, and then provide a commentary coming from a certain charactera kind of unhinged, highbrow scholarly type who takes the joke way too seriously. It has probably introduced more americans to philosophy than any other book. This yearbook, the sole publication of its kind, addresses the contemporary interest in the philosophy of humor.
A comprehensive philosophy of humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional. Each of these jokes includes an explanation, so you can learn what they mean if you dont quite get them. Philosophy and humor an introduction by tim madigan. Humour, communication in which the stimulus produces amusement in all its manysplendoured varieties, humour can be simply defined as a type of stimulation that tends to elicit the laughter reflex. Good place creator writing humor and philosophy book. Spontaneous laughter is a motor reflex produced by the coordinated contraction of 15 facial muscles in a stereotyped pattern and accompanied by altered breathing. This page features a growing list of free philosophy ebooks, presenting essential works by aristotle, hegel, kant, nietzsche, wittgenstein and many other philosophers.
Comic relief wiley online books wiley online library. Humor is presented as a conceptual tool for holding together contradictions and managing the unresolvable. Three traditional theories of laughter and humor are examined, along with the theory that humor evolved from mockaggressive play in apes. Richards is intended as a starting point for a philosophical discussion in this tour of the wide, wonderful world of the humorous, we touch upon such issues as what causes a sense of humor, whether it can be taught, what its value may be, how it is connected with happiness, and whether it should be placed on the endangered species list. Philosophy can be difficult to understand, but humor can be a great way to approach it. The philosophy of humor yearbook addresses the contemporary interest in the philosophy of humor. In issue 25 of philosophy now back in 1999, tim madigan as editor led a valiant foray into the topic of humor and its relationship to philosophy. Mcclanahan books are sold throughout kentucky and the south in book and gift shops, fine department stores, museums, on national shopping networks, and in a variety of other retail sources. Philosophy of humor first published tue nov 20, 2012. The philosophy of humor and the humor of philosophy. Including quick summaries for beginners of modern philosophy books, eastern philosophy, western philosophy and more. This book is about the philosophy of humor which means it is about philosophy.
Amir finds a rich tapestry of ideas about the comic, the tragic, humor, and related concepts such as irony, ridicule, and wit. Comic novelist and critic paul mcdonald explores the philosophy of humour in a book that will appeal to philosophers and creative writers alike. Jon stewart my philosophy writing a book politics humor memes funny books behavior. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. The sommelier hands them the wine list, and jeanne asks to order the most expensive burgundy on the list. This is the first work in the last fifty years to include the classic sources in the philosophy of humor and the first to present theories by contemporary philosophers. The best philosophy books of all time updated for 2020. Jim holt on philosophy and humour books the guardian. Descartes takes his date, jeanne, to a michelinstarred restaurant for her birthday. This book presents an original worldview, homo risibilis, wherein selfreferential humor is proposed as the path leading from a tragic view of life to a liberating embrace of human ridicule. But like lots of philosophy, the book gets convoluted and difficult in places. Contributors looked at some similarities between humor and philosophy how both point out foibles in our thinking and acting. It invites philosophers from various traditions to share study of humor, laughter, and the comic, and their roles e.
Gerald dworkin, distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at uc davis, has put together another volume of philosophical humor, philosophy. Philosophy humor nonfiction books for sale in stock ebay. See more ideas about guilt trips, philosophy and humor. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. High quality philosophy humor gifts and merchandise. What are some books about the philosophy of humour and comedy. The philosophy of laughter and humor suny series in philosophy. The book shows how humor and philosophy are intertwined. The most that major philosophers like plato, hobbes, and kant wrote. Philosophy of humor stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. The philosophy of laughter and humor john morreall. Expand your mind and laugh with 12 funny books on philosophy. Its available as an ebook here as is the first volume the aim of the book is to collect witty, entertaining, humorous, clever, insightful, brief remarks about, or relevant to, or within philosophy.
A comprehensive philosophy of humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial. A comprehensive philosophy of humor new directions in aesthetics, no. Saturday morning breakfast cereal math and bullshit numbers. John and ken broadcast from beautiful portland, oregon, speaking with the authors of the perhaps unlikely best selling book plato and a platypus walk into a. A philosopher looks at the sense of humor by richard c. This is one of the best philosophy books in the history of medical practice, and forms the foundation of our current understanding of human health and disease. Since 2007, the dynamic philosophy comedic duo of tom cathcart and dan klein have used humor to observe some basic truths around human psychology and ancient and modern philosophies. Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates. A comprehensive philosophy of humor develops an inclusive. See journal tab for the philosophy of humor yearbook call for papers, the guidelines, and other details. Semantic mechanisms of humor studies in linguistics and philosophy only 1 left in stock more on the way. They propose the theory that humor evolved because it strengthens the ability of the brain to find mistakes in active belief structures, that is, to detect mistaken reasoning. I think philosophers are a joke, but so does the author.
The philosophy of humor yearbook covers the various intersections of philosophy with humor and laughter, irony, and the comical, historically and contemporarily, descriptively and prescriptively, seriously and jocularly. There has long been a need for a source book of classical writings on the nature of humor and laughter. Philosophical methods include questioning, critical discussion. Morning breakfast breakfast cereal smbc comics rhyme and reason saturday morning just for laughs funny comics short stories funny. The book also features traditional explorations of the place of humor in aesthetics, drama, and literature. Philosophy from greek, philosophia, literally love of wisdom is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. The international association for the philosophy of humor has been established in 2014 with the purpose of inviting philosophers from various traditions to share study of humor, laughter, and the comic, and their roles e. This guide includes the best philosophy books from throughout history. It is worth noting that wittgenstein once said that a serious and good philosophical work could be written that would consist entirely of jokes without being facetious. As just one example, when trying to explain the concepts of falsifiability and the biased interpretation of evidence, what could be more instructive than this a married couple is making breakfast.
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