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What is humor for?
The phenomenology of humor
A brief history of humor theories
Twenty questions for a cognitive and evolutionary theory of humor
Emotion and computation
A mind that can sustain humor
Humor and mirth
Higher order humor
Objections considered
The penumbra : non-jokes, bad jokes, and near-humor
But why do we laugh?
The punch line.
The phenomenology of humor
A brief history of humor theories
Twenty questions for a cognitive and evolutionary theory of humor
Emotion and computation
A mind that can sustain humor
Humor and mirth
Higher order humor
Objections considered
The penumbra : non-jokes, bad jokes, and near-humor
But why do we laugh?
The punch line.