Kieran Setiya, MIT
Presented by the Philosophy Sapientia Lecture Series
Location
Dartmouth Hall 105
Sponsored by
Philosophy Department
Audience
Public
Friday, September 19, 2025
Kieran Setiya, MIT
3:30pm
105 Dartmouth Hall
Talk Title: "Explaining the Joke"
Description: This talk will argue for a sentimentalist theory of humour that gives a special place to the violation of norms or expectations as sufficient reason to be amused. This theory implies that unethical jokes cannot be funny and that every joke is a tacit explanation of itself.
Funded by the Mark J. Byrne 1985 Fund in Philosophy, which is an endowment established in 1996 to help support the study of philosophy at Dartmouth College. For more information on Philosophy's Sapientia Lecture Series, please .
Location
Dartmouth Hall 105
Sponsored by
Philosophy Department
Audience
Public
