Inside jokes using humor to reverse-engineer the mind / Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, and Reginald B. Adams.
| Author/creator | Hurley, Matthew M., 1977- |
| Other author | Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement) |
| Other author | Adams, Reginald B. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | xiii, 359 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | What is humor for? -- The phenomenology of humor -- A brief history of humor theories -- Twenty questions for a cognitive and evolutionary theory of humor -- Emotion and computation -- A mind that can sustain humor -- Humor and mirth -- Higher order humor -- Objections considered -- The penumbra : non-jokes, bad jokes, and near-humor -- But why do we laugh? -- The punch line. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010044707 |
| ISBN | 9780262015820 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |