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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Quaestiones de Potentia Dei' and 'Laughter'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

12172

Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton]

12169

Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton]

12170

Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton]

12173

The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates

17555

'One' can mean undivided and not a multitude, or it can add measurement, giving number [Aquinas]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

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Only rational beings are attentive without motive or concern [Scruton]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]