Michale Brearley will give the next talk in the London series on philosophy and sport at 5.45 on Friday, 3 February. His talk is called, 'Rivalry and Cooperation in Sport'. Please note a change of venue: this talk will be in the Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Archaeology Building, on the corner of Gordon Square and Endsleigh Place.
Absurdity, Incongruity, and Laughter -- Bob Plant
Posted in Philosophy on 02/02/2010 - 15:58
Is humour the right response to absurdity?
In this paper, Bob Plant considers Camus' scornful defiance of the absurd and Nagel's account of its origins. He goes on to reconstruct Camus' and Nagel's positions and develop Nagel's critique of Camus in order to argue that humour is an appropriate response to absurdity.
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