This philosopher theorized that laughter was a response to a contrast between the abstract and the perceptive in a chapter called "On the Theory of the Ludicrous."
This philosopher theorized that laughter was a response to a contrast between the abstract and the perceptive in a chapter called "On the Theory of the Ludicrous." The first English translation of this philosopher's magnum opus was co-produced by Richard Haldane. This thinker argued for a compassion-based ethical system in an essay which did not win the Royal Danish Society's essay contest, despite being the only submission. This author of On the Theory of (*) Morality argued that Kant failed to distinguish between abstract knowledge of concepts and direct perceptual knowledge of objects. His major book presents the first title concept as the fundamental reality of the universe and identifies it with the thing-in-itself. For 10 points, name this pessimist who wrote The World as Will and Representation.
This philosopher theorized that laughter was a response to a contrast between the abstract and the perceptive in a chapter called "On the Theory of the Ludicrous."
Arthur Schopenhauer 