This treatise presents and defends a new theory of humour, one
designed to cover all examples of all types and to provide the
foundations for a full account of the global phenomenon.
Incongruity theory and the new theory are contrary in the strict
logical sense of the term. Hence a determined effort is made to
demonstrate that incogruity theory in general, in all its forms,
fails. Among the topics covered are: the anti-essentialist
approach; the concept of a humour process and that of the basic
humour process; the subjective character of humour; the laughter of
humour, relaxation and pleasure; humour and organic evolution;
elementary incongruity theory; incongruity-and-resolution theory;
the fantasy element in humour and "funny incongruity"; the notion
of "local logic" in humour; the precise locus of the mystery of
humour; the remarkable appeal of incongruity theory; psychological
experiments in incongruity theory; Kant's and Koestler's theories
of humour; and the current state of research into the basic humour
process.
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