8 ideas
12170 | Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton] |
12172 | Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton] |
12173 | The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton] |
12169 | Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton] |
19043 | Bivalence applies not just to sentences, but that general terms are true or false of each object [Quine] |
21982 | I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L] |
19042 | Terms learned by ostension tend to be vague, because that must be quick and unrefined [Quine] |
12174 | Only rational beings are attentive without motive or concern [Scruton] |