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It's Funny 'Cause It's True
It's Funny 'Cause It's True is an introductory text in philosophy exploring logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics through questions in the philosophy of humor. Subfields receive a substantive introduction with interactive essays written to be accessible to undergraduates.
- Author
- Jennifer Marra Henrigillis & Steven Gimbel
- Publisher
- Georgia State University & Gettysburg College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
Contents· 24 sections
- 01: Logic
- 1.01: Logic
- 1.02: Thinking Critically
- 02: Metaphysics
- 2.01: Metaphysics
- 2.02: Why Youre Not Worthy- The Superiority Theory of Humor
- 2.03: A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Misery Go Down- The Relief Theory of Humor
- 2.04: Got IT- Introducing Incongruity Theory
- 2.05: My How Clever
- 03: Epistemology
- 3.01: Epistemology
- 3.02: Joking as Truth-Telling
- 3.03: I Laugh Because Its Absurd
- 3.04: Stop Saying Things are Funny Because Theyre True
- 04: Ethics
- 4.01: Ethics
- 4.02: Tendentious Jokes are Immoral
- 4.03: It Really Is Just a Joke
- 4.04: Punching Up and Down in the Comic Thunderdome
- 05: Aesthetics
- 5.01: Aesthetics
- 5.02: Why Moral Failure Leads to Comic Failure
- 5.03: Its Still Funny Though- A Defense of Moderate Comic Immoralism
- 5.04: Form and Funny- Formalism in Humor Aesthetics