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#superiority-theory
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Testing the theories of laughter on Nasreddin Hodja
Superiority, relief, incongruity, benign violation: I took the philosophers' theories of humour onto my bus route and tried them on the stories my grandfather told.
Started by Serkan Aydoğdu0 replies92 views -
Hobbes’s ‘sudden glory’ explains far more laughter than its critics admit
Every textbook dismisses the superiority theory in a paragraph. Hobbes says in Leviathan chapter 6 that ‘sudden glory’ is the passion that makes the grimaces called laughter, caused either by some act of our own that pleases us or by seeing some…
Started by Javier Morales6 replies198 views