| Year Level: 1 | ||
| Equivalent GE Area(s) in 2011/2012 Model: |
Area 10 – Values, Ethics and Meaning of Life | |
This course offers an overview of humour in Western and Chinese philosophies. It looks at humour in philosophical works, as well as at philosophers’ expressed attitudes to humour, and covers major contemporary philosophical theories and explanations of humour. Philosophy offers a great set of tools to help us understand humour, while, at the same time, humour is one of the most engaging ways to think on major philosophical questions.