Question

This philosopher imagined playing a game about the philosophy of mind with his aunt and uncle on a rainy day in a paper subtitled “The Intelligent Auntie’s Vade-Mecum (“VAY-dee MEE-kum”).” This philosopher coined the term “vertical faculties” to describe the phrenologist Franz Joseph Gall’s account of mental structure. (10[1])Despite accepting the “generality of physics,” this philosopher argued in a 1974 paper that, because of multiple realizability, the “special sciences” do not reduce to physics. (10[1])This (10[1])philosopher argued against a so-called “massive” extension of one of his main ideas in a book whose title is a rebuke to Steven Pinker, (10[1])called The Mind (10[1])Doesn’t Work That Way. (-5[1])A 1983 book by this (10[1])philosopher argues that the mind includes domain-specific, (10[1])innate (10[1])“organs” such as the language faculty. (10[1])For 10 points, what author (-5[1])of The Modularity (10[1])of Mind (10[1])put forth (-5[1])the language of thought (10[1])hypothesis? ■END■ (10[5]0[3])

ANSWER: Jerry Fodor [or Jerry Alan Fodor]
<Philosophy>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2085%0%15%114.35

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb KendrickMaryland AWUSTL A4510
Anson BernsBrown AFlorida A7110
James StevensonMichigan ANYU A7210
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AStanford A9610
Matt JacksonChicago AChicago B9910
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AMIT A103-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana ACornell B10810
Neal JoshiWUSTL BIowa State A11510
Clark SmithOhio State ACornell A11610
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AHarvard A12210
Sky LiToronto AMinnesota A127-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois AClaremont A13010
Brad MacLaineTexas AChicago C13210
Sean DoyleHouston APurdue A134-5
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AVanderbilt A13810
Quynh PhungPurdue AHouston A1400
Matthew SiffYale BPenn A1400
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BRutgers B14010
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AColumbia A14010
Joel MilesMinnesota AToronto A14010
Enoch YuenImperial AUC Berkeley B14010
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AYale B1400
Daniel SheinbergYale ADuke A14010