Vol. 14
Israeli Journal of Humor Research
An International Journal
Vol. 14, September 2026
Editorial ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
Dianna Niebylski University of Illinois Chicago, USA | Lydia Amir Tufts University, USA
ARTICLES
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Towards a Theory of Humor as Philosophical Competence .......................................................................... 7
Riella Morhayim Independent Scholar, Paris, France
Humor Mechanisms in Gary Larson's Cartoons .......................................................................................... 26
Ron Aharoni Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Humor and Grice's Cooperative Priciple: A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Comedy
47............................................................................................................ Skits by Nigerian Comic Layi Wasabi
Aishat Lare Husseini and Temitope Michael Ajayi University of Ibadan, Nigeria
67................................................Whimsy, Misanthropy, Mythology: Leonora Carrington's Black Humorx
Patrick O'Connor Oberlin College, USA
: Spontaneous Laughter, Simulated Laughter and Laughter Therapies/yoga
88........................................................................................................................... A Scoping Review (Part II)x
Ronald Berk The John Hopkins University, USA
BOOK REVIEW
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97.............................................................. .Brafield, Raymond. The Seventh Senterc. Spuyten Duyvil, 2023
Dustin Peone Mercer University, USA
99.............................................................................. .Stern, Steve. A Fool's Kabbalah. Melville House, 2025
Peter Chave Minister of the United Reformed Church, England
Wilk, Thomas and Gimbel, Steve. In On the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy.
Volume 4 o De Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor. Ed. Lydia Amir. De Gruyter, 2024. ...........101
Giorgio Baruchello University of Akureyri, Iceland