Socratic Salon: Humour

​Join us for a discussion on the Philosophy of Humor!

Some questions to think about:

• ​What makes things funny? (/ what is humor?) Why is there such large variation in what people find funny?

• ​Why do humans engage in humor/comedy? What functional purpose does it serve?

• ​What is the value of humor?

• ​Can anything be joked about? Are there lines that can’t be crossed? etc
  

​Optional (but highly recommended) readings:

The very serious science of humor: https://web.archive.org/web/20250124125444/https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23486818/science-humor-comedy

A sense of humor-even a dark one, is a moral virtue:
https://psyche.co/ideas/a-sense-of-humour-even-a-dark-one-is-a-moral-virtue