Philosophy of Humor
The IAPH held its first group meetings at the APA Western division in Vancouver, Canada, 1-5 April 2015. The inaugural lectures included the following:
Program of the First Group Session: Inaugural Lectures I
Chair: Lydia Amir, College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion, Israel (Founding-President)
John Morreall, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA, “It's a Funny Thing, Humor.” (Honorary President)
Noel Carroll, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA, “The Applied Philosophy of Humor: Comic Amusement, Emotion, and Coping.”
Lydia Amir, College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion, Israel, “Humor and the Good Life.”
Program of the Second Group Session: Inaugural Lectures II
Chair: Lydia Amir, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel (Founding-President)
Thiago Ribeiro de M. Leite, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, “Schopenhauer's Pessimistic Laughter.”
Beau Shaw, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, “Humor as the Relief and Cause of Suffering in Nietzsche.”
Carson Webb, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA, “Emotional Integrity and the Vis Comica in Kierkegaard's Early Middle Period.”
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