The occurrence and function of humor in biochemistry, and in science in general, is a topic that has been left in the hands of the social scientists for too long. Although some [1] provide interesting perspectives, too often their epistemology of humor within the scientific milieu is, inevitably, of limited scope. Too often, in the course of deconstructing the semiotic architecture of scientific humor, the signifier has been confused with the signified, thus providing no grounds for expecting that we can subjugate our humanity and write about the way the universe is in any relative, laughter-dependent manner
Brief overview of theories of humor.This is an overview of theories of humor's adaptive significance
Humor (and related concerns such as the nature of comedy and of laughter) is an enigmatic subject th...
We tend to take the phenomenon of humour for granted, seeing it for the most part as something innat...
In a previous article, I analyzed two 'in-house' journals produced by the Department of Biochemistry...
The public perception of science and its practitioners is one of stoic seriousness or of laughable a...
© 2020 by The History of Science Society. In the 1920s, scientists at the University of Cambridge’s ...
Humour and laughter have been regarded as suitable topics for research in the social sciences, but a...
A semiology-based approach to understanding humour is being developed and an interpretation of humou...
An integral part of Odo Marquard's texts is both humour and reflections of humour, which he connects...
In this article, I claim that humor can be a form of social pathology. In opposition to the general ...
An integral part of Odo Marquard’s texts is both humour and reflections of humour, which he connects...
The capacity to joke and perceive something as humorous is universal. However, what is held to be fu...
We explore how norms of science are given attention through laughter in life science doctoral superv...
Eighteenth and nineteenth century philosophers took interest in humour and, in particular, humorous ...
The model used by Freud to explain the secret of laughter in response to wit is one of energy releas...
Brief overview of theories of humor.This is an overview of theories of humor's adaptive significance
Humor (and related concerns such as the nature of comedy and of laughter) is an enigmatic subject th...
We tend to take the phenomenon of humour for granted, seeing it for the most part as something innat...
In a previous article, I analyzed two 'in-house' journals produced by the Department of Biochemistry...
The public perception of science and its practitioners is one of stoic seriousness or of laughable a...
© 2020 by The History of Science Society. In the 1920s, scientists at the University of Cambridge’s ...
Humour and laughter have been regarded as suitable topics for research in the social sciences, but a...
A semiology-based approach to understanding humour is being developed and an interpretation of humou...
An integral part of Odo Marquard's texts is both humour and reflections of humour, which he connects...
In this article, I claim that humor can be a form of social pathology. In opposition to the general ...
An integral part of Odo Marquard’s texts is both humour and reflections of humour, which he connects...
The capacity to joke and perceive something as humorous is universal. However, what is held to be fu...
We explore how norms of science are given attention through laughter in life science doctoral superv...
Eighteenth and nineteenth century philosophers took interest in humour and, in particular, humorous ...
The model used by Freud to explain the secret of laughter in response to wit is one of energy releas...
Brief overview of theories of humor.This is an overview of theories of humor's adaptive significance
Humor (and related concerns such as the nature of comedy and of laughter) is an enigmatic subject th...
We tend to take the phenomenon of humour for granted, seeing it for the most part as something innat...