Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hermarchus, Roger Scruton and Simon Critchley

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

3879	Philosophy aims to provide a theory of everything [Scruton]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

20446

Philosophy begins in disappointment, notably in religion and politics [Critchley]

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

6848	Humour is practically enacted philosophy [Critchley]

6847	Humour can give a phenomenological account of existence, and point to change [Critchley]

12170

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

12172

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