Question

This thinker argued for a “science of man” which underlies mathematics, philosophy, and religion and provides a “solid foundation” for all other sciences. This thinker’s account of definition considers whether the term being defined is “annexed” to an idea. This thinker declared “there be no such thing as Chance in the world” before immediately arguing that there is a probability arising from chances. All simple ideas are derived from simple impressions according (15[1])to (-5[1])this philosopher’s (*) copy principle. (10[4])This philosopher’s (10[1])distinction (10[1])between relations of ideas (10[1])and matters of fact has been dubbed (10[1])their namesake (10[1])“fork,” (10[2])which this philosopher used to argue causation was merely “constant conjunction.” For 10 points, name this Scottish empiricist (10[1])who wrote (10[2])An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: David Hume
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CStanford A7115
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley A72-5
Mattias EhatammWaterlooMcDouble West-Carleton7610
Anderson WangI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meSGV Capital7610
Stan MelkumianPurdue AIllinois B7610
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABSyracuse+Rochester7610
Andrew WangIllinois APurdue B7810
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZSquidward Community College7910
Raymond ChenToronto Ray of Sun in the SkyOttawa B8310
John MarvinChicago AIndiana9010
Braden BoothMissouri ASIUE9210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltNotre Dame A9310
Ezra SantosChicago BNotre Dame B9310
Raymond WangCornell RRIT11110
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B11310
Gabrielle ClarkOttawa AOttawa C11310
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL H2OMissouri B11810