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Why We Laugh Inside Jokes Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, and Reginald B. Adams Jr. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2011. 373 pp. $29.95, £22.95. ISBN 9780262015820.

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Sinnott-Armstrong, W
Published in: Science
June 10, 2011

Contemplating why we find some things funny, the authors provide cognitive and evolutionary perspectives on humor and its importance to humans.

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Science

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1095-9203

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0036-8075

Publication Date

June 10, 2011

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332

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6035

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1265 / 1265

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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  • General Science & Technology
 

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Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. “Why We Laugh Inside Jokes Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, and Reginald B. Adams Jr. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2011. 373 pp. $29.95, £22.95. ISBN 9780262015820.Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), June 10, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1206802.
Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. “Why We Laugh Inside Jokes Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, and Reginald B. Adams Jr. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2011. 373 pp. $29.95, £22.95. ISBN 9780262015820.Science, vol. 332, no. 6035, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 10 June 2011, pp. 1265–1265. Crossref, doi:10.1126/science.1206802.
Journal cover image

Published In

Science

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

June 10, 2011

Volume

332

Issue

6035

Start / End Page

1265 / 1265

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Related Subject Headings

  • General Science & Technology