Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind by Matthew M. Hurley, Reginald B. Adams, Daniel C. Dennett

Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

Matthew M. Hurley, Reginald B. Adams, Daniel C. Dennett

359 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology funny informative medium-paced

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An evolutionary and cognitive account of the addictive mind candy that is humor.Some things are funny--jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed--but why? Why does humor exist in the first place?...

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