Philosophical accounts of humour standardly account for humour in terms of what happens within a person. On these internalist accounts, humour is to be understood in terms of cognition, perception, and sensation. These accounts, while valuable, are poorly situated to engage the social functions of humour. They have difficulty engaging why we value humour, why we use it define ourselves and our friendships, and why it may be essential to our self-esteem. In opposition to these internal accounts, I offer a social account of humour. This account approaches humour as a social practice. It foregrounds laughter and participation, and thereby gives an account of humour that helps to understand why we value humour, why we use it as we do, and why we use it to define our relationship to the world.

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幽默的社会账户

幽默的哲学解释通常根据一个人内部发生的事情来解释幽默。根据这些内在主义者的说法，幽默应该从认知、知觉和感觉的角度来理解。这些帐户虽然很有价值，但很难发挥幽默的社会功能。他们很难理解为什么我们重视幽默，为什么我们用它来定义自己和我们的友谊，以及为什么它可能对我们的自尊至关重要。与这些内部账户相反，我提供了一个幽默的社交账户。这个帐户将幽默视为一种社会实践。它突出了笑声和参与，从而对幽默进行了描述，有助于理解为什么我们重视幽默，为什么我们会这样使用它，以及为什么我们用它来定义我们与世界的关系。