Question

One of Emmanuel Levinas’s (“LEV-in-ahss’s”) greatest regrets was mocking this philosopher in a skit in which he covered his hair in white powder and repeatedly intoned “I am a pacifist.” A conversation with this philosopher inspired the elliptical design of the reading room of Aby Warburg’s library, where this philosopher researched a book that distinguishes “expressive” and “representative” functions of thought. This philosopher emphasized the human capacity for “spontaneous self-expression” in opposition to another philosopher’s emphasis on “thrownness” during a 1929 debate (10[1])on the question (10[1])“what is it to be a human (10[2])being?” (10[1]-5[1])This philosopher, who debated Martin Heidegger (10[2])at Davos (-5[2])(“da-VOSE”), defined humans (-5[1])as “symbol-making (-5[1])animals.” For 10 points, name this neo-Kantian author of Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[10])

ANSWER: Ernst Cassirer (“kah-SEER-er”) [or Ernst Alfred Cassirer]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1861%0%28%99.45

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago A8010
Amogh KulkarniChicago BIowa State A8310
Nathan ZhangCornell AImperial A9010
Todd MaslykMichigan ADuke A9010
Halle FriedmanNYU AGeorgia Tech B9110
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AFlorida A91-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BPurdue A9710
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AYale B9710
Gio MazzeoVirginia AJohns Hopkins A99-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois AGeorgia Tech A99-5
Tim MorrisonStanford ACornell B101-5
Brad MacLaineTexas AOhio State A103-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AHouston A11610
Chris RayOhio State ATexas A11610
Maximillian NieburJohns Hopkins AVirginia A1170
Yared TadesseCornell BStanford A1170
Tracy MirkinFlorida ASouth Carolina A11710
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AIllinois A11710
Henry CafaroChicago CMIT A1170
Ian ChowToronto AIndiana A1170
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BRutgers B1170
Justin HawkinsIndiana AToronto A1170
Alex SchmidtPenn State AFlorida B1170
Ricky LiMIT AChicago C1170
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BPenn State A1170
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ARutgers A1170