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53The function and content of amusementSouth African Journal of Philosophy 25 (2): 126-137. 2006.Once we establish that the fundamental subject matter of the study of humour is a mental state – which I will call finding funny – then it immediately follows that we need to find the content and function of this mental state. The main contender for the content of finding funny is the incongruous (the incongruity thesis ); the main contenders for the function of finding funny are grounded either in its generally being an enjoyable state (the gratification thesis ) or its tendency to lead to bias…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Metaphilosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
African/Africana Philosophy |