Israeli Journal of Humor Research
An International Journal
Vol. 4, Issue No. 2, December 2015
Philosophy & Humor
EDITORIAL
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Editor's Introduction
Lydia Amir The College of Management Academic Studies,Israel 5
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Is Humorous Amusement an Emotion?
John Morreall The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA, jsmorr@wm.edu 6
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Kierkegaard, Shaftesbury, and the "Vis Comica": Mood and the Comic from The Concept
of Anxiety to The Book on Adler
Carson Webb Eureka College, Eureka, IL, USA 12
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Beau Shaw Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
bcs2104@columbia.edu 31
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"Schopenhauer's Pessimistic Laughter"
Thiago Ribeiro de M. Leite, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
thiagoribeiro@usp.br 51
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"Humor and the Good Life"
Lydia Amir College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion, Israel
lydamir@gmail.com 62