Packet H: Bonus 6
According to one thinker, the lowest grade of this concept’s objectification is exemplified by natural forces such as gravity and electricity. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this “blind incessant impulse” central to our instincts according to a 1818 book. That book also argues aesthetic contemplation, especially with music, can escape the “blind striving” of this concept.
ANSWER: will [accept The World as Will and Representation; accept Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung]
[10e] The will is central to The World as Will and Representation, a book by this pessimistic German philosopher who also wrote On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason.
ANSWER: Arthur Schopenhauer
[10h] According to Schopenhauer, the will is free from all plurality because it lies outside of this principle. G. E. M. Anscombe and Jan Łukasiewicz (“woo-ka-SHEV-itch”) debated whether matter or form was key to Aristotle’s formulation of this principle.
ANSWER: principle of individuation [or principium individuationis]
<MIT A, Philosophy> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 11.11 | 88% | 24% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama A | WashU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Bruin | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech B | Tennessee A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech D | Louisville B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Kentucky | Louisville A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Mississipi State | Sewanee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tennessee B | Vanderbilt B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| WashU B | Alabama B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 8.33 | 75% | 8% | 0% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 8.75 | 75% | 13% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 11.67 | 92% | 25% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |