The Philosophy of Humour: A Debate
Despite the fact that I’m interested enough in humour to
write the occasional blog post about it, and that my day job is teaching/doing
philosophy, I’ve always been rather suspicious of the philosophical study of
humour. Philosophers can and do discuss humour, but I suspect it’s always going
to be of rather limited interest as a philosophical topic.
Teaching at Leeds alongside Dr. Nick Jones, whose staff
profile lists among his research interests The Philosophy of Humour, provided
the opportunity to explore these issues in the context of a relaxed debate for
the Leeds University Philosophical Society. The contributions from both Nick
and myself can be found here, in separate files.[i]
