Inside jokes
using humor to reverse-engineer the mind
Hurley, Matthew M.
1977-
creator
Dennett, Daniel Clement.
Adams, Reginald B.
ebrary, Inc
text
bibliography
Electronic books.
mau
Cambridge, Mass
MIT Press
c2011
2011
monographic
eng
xiii, 359 p. : ill.
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.
Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, and Reginald B. Adams.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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