DOI: 10.18503/2658-3186-2021-5-4-57-63
Abstract. The problem to be solved in the study. What techniques of wit are available in the cognitive-affective argumentation of his point of view N. N. Taleb in his monograph «Black Swan», reflecting the formulation of the problem of Black Swans as the impossibility of calculating the risk of a sequence of rare events and predicting their occurrence? Research method and materials. Content analysis of the monograph by N. N. Taleb. The scientific novelty of the research lies in identifying the techniques of wit with the aim of arguing the formulation of the problem of «Black Swans» in a discussion with the traditional works of theorists and practitioners in the field of uncertainty. The novelty of the authors' approach lies in the approach to the analysis of argumentation in written texts (however, in oral ones too) on the basis of a cognitive-affective approach to the study of method of wit. The content analysis of humor in the monograph «The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable» by Nassim Nicholas Taleb allows us to talk about the cognitive-affective influence on readers based on those The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable wit techniques. The method of wit are the basis for the cognitive-affective argumentation of the point of view of N. N. Taleb in the monograph «Black Swan», reflecting the formulation of the problem of Black Swans as the impossibility of calculating the risk of a sequence of rare events and predicting their occurrence.
Keywords. Taleb Nassim Nicholas, Black Swan, witty techniques, absurdity, irony, paradox, argumentation.
Authors:
Mariya V. Musiychuk, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Psychology of Institute of Humanitarian Education of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sergey V. Musiychuk, Candidate of philosophical sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Management, Economics and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines Sochi State University, Anapa. Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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For citation
Musiychuk M. V., Musiychuk S. V. «The Black Swan» by N. N. Taleb Through the Prism of Wit, Gumanitarno-pedagogicheskie issledovaniya [Humanitarian and pedagogical Research], 2021, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 57–63.