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Why Can't Philosophers Laugh?

  • Hardback
  • 290 pages
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • 14.9 x 21.1 x 1.5 cm

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This book analyzes Western and Chinese philosophical texts to determine why laughter and the comic have not been a major part of philosophical discourse. Katrin Froese maintains that many philosophical accounts of laughter try to unearth laughter's purpose, thereby rendering it secondary to the intentional and purposive aspects of human nature that impel us to philosophize. Froese also considers texts that take laughter and the comic as starting points, attempting to philosophize out of laughter rather than merely trying to unearth reasons for laughter. The book proposes that continuously unraveling philosophical assumptions through the comic and laughter may be necessary to live well.

  • Title

    Why Can\'t Philosophers Laugh?

  • Author

    Katrin Froese

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Springer International Publishing AG

  • Published

    July 2017

  • Edition

    1st ed. 2017

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    290

  • Dimensions

    14.9 x 21.1 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9783319550435

  • ISBN-10

    3319550438

  • Eden Code

    4658057

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