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    Understanding Humor: Four Conceptual Approaches to the Elusive Subject.Jarno Hietalahti & Joonas Pennanen - 2023 - The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 4 (1):53-80.
    This article discusses four ways of understanding the concept of humor: 1) in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions, as 2) a cluster concept, 3) an interpretive concept, and 4) a dual character concept. We peruse both historical and contemporary research on humor, but instead of asking “What is humor?,” we draw conclusions regarding what humor research tells us of the ways to conceptualize humor. The main merits and shortcomings of different approaches are explicated. We suggest that the increased awareness (...)
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    (1 other version)An Answer to a Question that Cannot Be Answered: A Pragmatist Approach to Viktor Frankl’s and Primo Levi’s Theoretical Perspectives on Humor.Jarno Hietalahti - 2021 - The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 2 (1):1-26.
    This article offers a pragmatist approach to concentration camp humor, in particular, to Viktor Frankl’s and Primo Levi’s conceptualizations of humor. They both show how humor does not vanish even in the worst imaginable circumstances. Despite this similarity, it will be argued that their intellectual positions on humor differ significantly. The main difference between the two authors is that according to Frankl, humor is elevating in the middle of suffering, and according to Levi, humor expresses the absurdity of the idea (...)
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    Humanistic Ethics of Humor: The Problematics of Punching Up and Kicking Down.Jarno Hietalahti - 2024 - The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 5 (1):91-119.
    This article discusses the very common moral guideline “Punch up, do not kick down.” Our approach is based on humanistic ethics, and through rigorous philosophical analysis, we will show that while the guideline is commendable and well-intentioned, it does not work as a universal rule and should not be used as an ideological tool. Due to the complexity of our social reality and the fluid nature of hierarchies, there may be cases when punching up is problematic, and kicking down is (...)
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    Erich Fromm’s Hopeful Humanism.Jarno Hietalahti - 2021 - Radical Philosophy Review 24 (1):101-104.
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    Elävät kuolleet - Aristoteles, Hobbes ja Fromm modernin zombikuvaston valossa.Jarno Hietalahti & Juhana Toivanen - 2019 - Ajatus 76 (1):229-265.
    Zombeja käsittelevät televisiosarjat ja sarjakuvat ovat viime vuosina saavuttaneet suurta suosiota. Esimerkiksi The Walking Dead -sarjan ensimmäinen jakso näytettiin samanaikaisesti 120 maassa, ja sarjaa on sittemmin katsonut tuotantokaudesta riippuen 5–15 miljoonaa katsojaa. Post-apokalyptinen maailma kiehtoo suurta yleisöä, koska dystooppiset tarinat peilaavat erilaisia käsityksiä ihmisten perusolemuksesta ja yhteiskunnan perustasta; sarjaa voi pitää filosofisena ajatuskokeena, jolla testataan, miten erilaiset näkemykset toimisivat luonnontilaan paluun jälkeen. Artikkelimme lähtökohta on, että zombikuvasto tarjoaa hedelmällisen tilaisuuden filosofiselle analyysille. Tarkastelemme yhteiskunnan romahtamisen jälkeistä tilaa yhteiskuntafilosofian klassikoiden, Aristoteleen ja (...)
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    Terapiaa mielipuoliselle maailmalle: Erich Fromm ja radikaalihumanismin lupaus.Jarno Hietalahti - 2019 - Tampere: Vastapaino. Edited by Mika Pekkola.
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    The Philosophy of Homo risibilis.Jarno Hietalahti - 2021 - The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 2 (1):271-276.
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