书目名称 | Why Can‘t Philosophers Laugh? |
编辑 | Katrin Froese |
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概述 | Methodological study of humor and its philosophical value.Melds Chinese and Western philosophy in pursuit of an understanding of laughter.Argues that the comic is not antithetical to philosophy, but i |
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描述 | .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.. |
出版日期 | Book 2017 |
关键词 | Confucius; Zhuangzi; Chan Buddhism; Nietzsche; Kierkegaard; Schopenhauer |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55044-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-85552-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-55044-2 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 |