Keywords
humour
common sense
truth criterion
aesthetics
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Abstract
This paper deals with the concepts of humour and sensus communis, as proposed by Shaftesbury's Sensus Communis.An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour. As a sort of weapon of reason, humour becomes a truth criterion. As a natural feeling, sensus communis, distinguishes itself for its immediacy. This quality allows us to judge both, actions and works of art, as good or bad, beautiful or ugly. Thus, by sensus communis the beauty criterion is shifted from the form and intrinsic rules of the works of art to the effects these have on the spectator and his/her ability to judge them. By these turnover, Shaftesbury opens the way to Aesthetics as anautonomous discipline.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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