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Themed Articles: Humour
Is Laughter Liberating or Cruel?
Alfie Bown investigates different categories of laughter.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]
The Functions of Humor in Writing
Omar Sabbagh contemplates the use of humor, in fiction, and in life.
[Issue 168: June/July 2025]
The Secret of Seinfeld’s Humor
Jorge J.E. Gracia on the Significance of the Insignificant.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]
The Inevitable Philosophy Lightbulb Jokes
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]
Philosophy and Humor
An introduction by Tim Madigan.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]
The Philosopher as Joker
Peter Rickman on the unsettling similarities between jokes and philosophy.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]
A Philosophy Department Commencement Address (Being an Allegory of Self-Discovery and Enlightenment)
Randall Curren finds that talking about humor is no laughing matter. Especially on national television.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]
Abbott and Costello meet Wittgenstein
Tim Madigan on some philosophical comedians.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000]
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