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Chris A. Kramer, Philosophy Through Memes: Significant Teaching Tool or “Suspension of Seriousness”?Thinking Through Memes: Understanding How Memes Work. 2026.
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Ross Aden and Chris A. Kramer, RELIGION TODAY: A CRITICAL THINKING APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES, 2nd edition (2nd ed.)Rowman & Littlefield. 2025.
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Chris A. Kramer, The Concept of Humorous Irony: Jorge Portilla, Carlos Alberto Sánchez, Richard Rorty, Jonathan Lear, and Socrates, with Minimal Reference to KierkegaardThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 6 (1): 97-125. 2025.
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Chris A. Kramer, Book Review: Wilk, Thomas and Gimbel, Steven: In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy. De Gruyter, 2024, 144 pp. (review)De Ethica 9 (2): 63-67. 2025.
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Chris A. Kramer, Argumentation, Metaphor, and Analogy: It's Like Something ElseInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 33 (2): 160-183. 2024.
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Chris A. Kramer, Artificial Intelligence, Phenomenology, and the Molyneux ProblemThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 4 (1): 225-226. 2023.
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Chris A. Kramer, New Populism, New Conspiracism, and the Old Rhetoric of PurityEncyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21St Century. 2023.
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Chris A. Kramer, Is Laughing at Morally Oppressive Jokes Like Being Disgusted by Phony Dog Feces? An Analysis of Belief and Alief in the Context of Questionable HumorThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 3 (1): 179-207. 2022.
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Chris Kramer, Which Direction Do We Punch: The Powers and Perils of Humour Against the New ConspiracismIn Rashi Bhargava & Richa Chilana (eds.), Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy, Routledge Chapman & Hall. pp. 235-254. 2022.
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Chris A. Kramer, The Philosophy of Humor: What makes Something Funny1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology. 2022.
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Chris A. Kramer, I Laugh Because it's Absurd: Humor as Error DetectionIn Steven Gimbel & Jennifer Marra Henrigillis (eds.), It's Funny 'Cause It's True: The Lighthearted Philosophers Society's Introduction to Philosophy through Humor., . pp. 82-93. 2021.
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Chris Kramer, Dave Chappelle's Positive PropagandaIn Mark Ralkowski (ed.), Dave Chappelle and Philosophy, Popular Culture and Philosophy. pp. 75-88. 2021.
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Chris Kramer, A Wise Person Proportions Their Beliefs With HumorThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 2 (1): 141-143. 2021.
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Chris Kramer, How to Philosophize With A Hammer (A Squeaky Plastic One)In Kishor Vaidya (ed.), Teach with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom. pp. 176-187. 2021.
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Chris A. Kramer, Review of A Philosophy of HumourThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 1 (1): 309-314. 2020.
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Chris Kramer, Parrhesia, Humor, and ResistanceIsraeli Journal of Humor Research 9 (1): 22-46. 2020.
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Chris A. Kramer, Subversive Humor as Art and the Art of Subversive HumorThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 1 (1). 2020.
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Chris A. Kramer, Moral Imaginative Resistance to Heaven: Why the Problem of Evil is So Intractablede Ethica: Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics 1 (5): 51-67. 2018.
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Chris Kramer, World-Traveling, Double Consciousness, and LaughterIsraeli Journal for Humor Research 2 (6): 93-119. 2017.
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Chris Kramer, Mark Twain’s Serious Humor and That Peculiar Institution: ChristianityIn Alan H. Goldman (ed.), Mark Twain and Philosophy, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 125-136. 2017.
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Chris A. Kramer, How Socratic Is Swift's Irony?In Janelle Pötzsch (ed.), Jonathan Swift and Philosophy, Lexington Books. pp. 13-25. 2016.
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Chris A. Kramer, The Playful Thought Experiments of Louis CKIn Mark Ralkowski (ed.), Louis CK and Philosophy, Popular Culture & Philosophy. pp. 225-236. 2016.
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Chris A. Kramer, An Existentialist account of the role of humor against oppressionHumor: International Journal of Humor Research 26 (4). 2013.
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Chris A. Kramer, As if: Connecting Phenomenology, Mirror Neurons, Empathy, and LaughterPhaenEx 7 (1): 275-308. 2012.
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James Chesher, Aristotle and the Roots of IndividualismIn Douglas B. Rasmussen, Aeon J. Skoble & Douglas J. Den Uyl (eds.), Reality, Reason, and Rights: Essays in Honor of Tibor R. Machan, Lexington Books. 2011.
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Marc Bobro, Leibniz on Embodiment and the Moral OrderSouthern Journal of Philosophy 37 (3): 377-396. 2010.
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