Book review: Roberts, Allen. (2019). A Philosophy of Humour. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Keywords

humour
theory of amusement
incongruity
arousal
paratelic state

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Iacob, M. (2021). Book review: Roberts, Allen. (2019). A Philosophy of Humour. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. The European Journal of Humour Research, 9(3), 175–178. Retrieved from https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/529

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