Packet D: Tossup 13

This thinker stated that when humans make fun of animals, it is often because we recognize some human behavior in them. This thinker distinguished between sensori-motor “habit-memory” and unconscious “pure-memory.” This thinker argues that the comic is a strictly human phenomenon (10[1])in the first notable philosophical work on humor, (10[2])the 1900 book Laughter. (10[3])This (10[1])thinker (10[1])proposed a hypothetical reasoning for organism development as a creative impulse that (-5[1])drives life forward. (10[3])In (10[1])a debate with a scientist, (10[2])this thinker (10[2])argued against (10[2])removing the human experience aspect from time; (10[1])that (10[1])debate with (10[1])Albert (10[1])Einstein (10[3]-5[1])came (10[2]-5[1])after (10[1]-5[1])this (10[1])thinker published Duration and Simultaneity. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this French intuitionist philosopher who wrote Time and Free Will (10[3])and outlined the (10[1]-5[1])“élan vital” in his book (10[1])Creative Evolution. ■END■ (10[4]0[36])

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