Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2017
Publication Title
Erkenntnis
Publisher
Springer
Abstract
We defend a fitting-attitude (FA) theory of the funny against a set of potential objections. Ultimately, we endorse a version of FA theory that treats reasons for amusement as non-compelling, metaphysically non-conditional, and alterable by social features of the joke telling context. We find that this version of FA theory is well-suited to accommodate our ordinary practices of telling and being amused by jokes, and helpfully bears on the related faultless disagreement dispute.
First Page
1303
Last Page
1320
Volume
83
Issue
6
Repository Citation
Patridge, Stephanie, "Fitting Attitude Theory and the Normativity of Jokes" (2017). Religion & Philosophy Faculty Scholarship. 13.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/religion_fac/13
Peer Reviewed
1