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All the ideas for 'Posthumous notes', 'Essay on a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances' and 'Laughter'

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7 ideas

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

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

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The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton]

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

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

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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Transcendental philosophy is the subject becoming the originator of unified reality [Kant]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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The probability of two events is the first probability times the second probability assuming the first [Bayes]

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

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