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what is philosophy of humour​

Answer 1

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Alan Roberts’ A Philosophy of Humour aims to answer the question ‘what is humour?’ Although humour is easily identifiable most of the time, identifying the features shared by every instance of humour or what is distinctive of the mental state of amusement is not an easy task. The first obstacle faced by any analysis of humour relates to the terms and concepts employed. In everyday language, the term ‘humour’ is used ambiguously to refer to phenomena that are better captured by cognate concepts, such as ‘amusement’ or ‘funniness’. Roberts shows that this ambiguity is often reflected in dictionaries—which provide a circular definition...

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Answer 2

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Alan Roberts’ A Philosophy of Humour aims to answer the question ‘what is humour?’ Although humour is easily identifiable most of the time, identifying the features shared by every instance of humour or what is distinctive of the mental state of amusement is not an easy task. The first obstacle faced by any analysis of humour relates to the terms and concepts employed. In everyday language, the term ‘humour’ is used ambiguously to refer to phenomena that are better captured by cognate concepts, such as ‘amusement’ or ‘funniness’. Roberts shows that this ambiguity is often reflected in dictionaries—which provide a circular definition...

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