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| Basil |
 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:04 pm |
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Humor research has been handicapped by the lines of approached applied
by thinkers from antiquity to the present day. The main one being
using the word "humor" on a neurological level when it is merely a
construct that has a vague, general meaning only applicable in
cultural intercourse.
I have posted an essay on a Google Page: Laughing and crying as
displacement activities: the implications for humor theory.
Go to the site below, scroll down until you see the elephant and blind
men, and click on "A new theory of humor".
http://www.humorlinks.com/cgi-bin/sites/page.cgi?g=Academic%2Findex.h...
I have attempted to show that viewing laughter as a displacement
activity (defined in the essay) and explaining why it is confusing to
use the term humor in certain contexts, answers the major problems
encountered by humor researchers.
I think you will enjoy the read.
Basil |
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