Packet A: Tossup 14

To address a problem often named for this kind of object, James Ross argues that it fails to consider a possible “state of affairs,” while Alvin Plantinga considers a being called “McEar” who can only scratch his ear. (0[1]-5[2])A passage involving one of these objects in a biography by James Boswell (10[2])names (10[1])a logical fallacy of claiming (10[2])an (10[2])argument (10[1])is absurd (10[1])without further reasoning. (10[3]-5[2])Thomas Aquinas (10[1])used (10[1])logical (10[2])impossibility (-5[1])for a solution (10[1]-5[1])to a paradox (10[1])named for these (10[2])objects (10[1])that concerned God’s omnipotence. (10[5]-5[1])A work of existentialism (10[5]-5[1])claims that (10[1])pauses (10[1])between a man’s use of one of these objects makes him (10[1])“superior to his fate” (10[1])and that, during his pauses, (10[1]0[1])we (0[1])must (10[1])“imagine him (10[1])happy.” (10[11]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[10])an (10[1])Albert (10[4])Camus (10[3])work described the absurdity of Sisyphus (10[2])pushing what (10[1])kind of (10[1])object (10[2])up a mountain? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

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