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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Laughter' and 'Epistemic Two-Dimensional Semantics'

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8 ideas

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

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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]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

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Truth in a scenario is the negation in that scenario being a priori incoherent [Chalmers]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

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A sentence is a priori if no possible way the world might actually be could make it false [Chalmers]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

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

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