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"Summarizing provisionally one version of the incongruity theory, then, someone is comically amused if and only if | "Summarizing provisionally one version of the incongruity theory, then, someone is comically amused if and only if | ||
*(i) the object of their mental state is a perceived incongruity, which | *(i) the object of their mental state is a perceived incongruity, which | ||
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*(iv) they do not approach with a genuine, puzzle-solving attitude, but which, rather, | *(iv) they do not approach with a genuine, puzzle-solving attitude, but which, rather, | ||
*(v) they enjoy precisely for their perception of incongruity." (Carroll, p. 37) | *(v) they enjoy precisely for their perception of incongruity." (Carroll, p. 37) | ||
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== Texts & resources == | == Texts & resources == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:53, 1 September 2022
Theories of humor
- Superiority theories
- Relief or release theories
- Incongruity theories
Our Hospitality
Always Be My Maybe
Disorder in the Court
Curb Your Enthusiasm
"Summarizing provisionally one version of the incongruity theory, then, someone is comically amused if and only if
- (i) the object of their mental state is a perceived incongruity, which
- (ii) they regard as neither threatening or anxiety producing nor
- (iii) annoying and which
- (iv) they do not approach with a genuine, puzzle-solving attitude, but which, rather,
- (v) they enjoy precisely for their perception of incongruity." (Carroll, p. 37)
Texts & resources
- Noël Carroll, Humour: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).
- Our Hospitality (pp. 12-13, 17)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (pp. 25-26)
- The Three Stooges (p. 30)
- South Park (p. 33)
- Modern Family
