TY - JOUR AU - Amir, Lydia B. PY - 2013/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Philosophy’s attitude towards the comic. A re-evaluation JF - The European Journal of Humour Research JA - EJHR VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.7592/EJHR2013.1.1.amir UR - https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/Lydia%20Amir SP - 6-21 AB - <p>Contrary to common opinion, philosophy’s relations with the comic are profound and complex, yet the nature and significance of this relationship is surprisingly under studied. I have found that the relations that philosophy entertains with the comic can be conceptualized in ten traditions, eight dating from antiquity and two from modern and postmodern times. I trace these traditions from antiquity through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and modern times. I explain how the view that philosophy is inimical to the comic originated and invite the reader to re-evaluate philosophy’s attitude towards the comic.</p> ER -