Jokes and the Logic of the Cognitive Unconscious

dc.creator	Minsky, Marvin
dc.date	2004-10-01T20:31:47Z
dc.date	2004-10-01T20:31:47Z
dc.date	1980-11-01
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-09T02:40:55Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-09T02:40:55Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10-09
dc.identifier	AIM-603
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5701
dc.identifier.uri	http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description	Freud's theory of jokes explains how they overcome the mental "censors" that make it hard for us to think "forbidden" thoughts. But his theory did not work so well for humorous nonsense as for other comical subjects. In this essay I argue that the different forms of humor can be seen as much more similar, once we recognize the importance of knowledge about knowledge and, particularly, aspects of thinking concerned with recognizing and suppressing bugs ??neffective or destructive thought processes. When seen in this light, much humor that at first seems pointless, or mysterious, becomes more understandable.
dc.format	25 p.
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dc.format	application/postscript
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en_US
dc.relation	AIM-603
dc.subject	memory
dc.subject	knowledge
dc.subject	bugs
dc.subject	frame
dc.subject	logic
dc.title	Jokes and the Logic of the Cognitive Unconscious

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