Finitude and Transcendence
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#01
Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy · Todd McGowan · p.97
Philosophy and the Finite > Finitude and Transcendence
Theoretical move: Comedy and philosophy share a structural affinity insofar as both arise from the intersection of finitude and transcendence; McGowan argues that Hegel's speculative identity between the finite and the infinite makes him the paradigmatic "comic philosopher," while Kant's separation of phenomenal and noumenal realms limits comedy to marginal appearances in his work.
Finite beings are lacking, while transcendent beings, at least in relation to the finite world, are excessive. Animals are finite; the gods are transcendent.
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#02
Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy · Todd McGowan · p.101
Philosophy and the Finite > Comparing Contradiction with Being- in- the- World
Theoretical move: McGowan argues that Hegel's comedy is structurally grounded in his dialectical philosophy—specifically in the identity of lack and excess, finitude and transcendence—whereas Heidegger's commitment to pure finitude forecloses comedy entirely; philosophical humor is thus theorized as an expression of the contradiction at the heart of speculative thought.
Hegel must be funny because he theorizes the intersection of transcendence and finitude... The philosopher committed to the finite cannot be funny, except incidentally, whereas the philosopher who envisions finitude and transcendence intersecting finds multiple occasions for comedy.