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PL 112 - Philosophy of Humor (3)

We all find things amusing: humor, in fact, is constant across all human culture. Sometimes we agree on what’s humorous, and sometimes we don’t. Sometimes humor unites us, and sometimes it divides us. The aim of this class is to examine humor philosophically, in the process introducing the student to philosophy more generally. The sorts of questions we will ask will be: What makes something humorous? Can we develop a theory of humor? What role does humor play in human lives, and especially in our own lives? What is the relationship between humor and ethics and humor and politics? 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Acquire.