A book titled for the "New" debate on this thinker includes a Simon Blackburn essay outlining "thick connexions". A doctrine named for this philosopher asserts that the world is a "vast mosaic of local matters of particular fact"; that stance espoused by David Lewis is a "supervenience" named for this thinker. One of this thinker's ideas was criticized using the example of smoke being unable to create a fire in Essays on the Active Power of Man by Thomas Reid. This philosopher developed an early version of the regulatory theory of causation, which posited a "constant conjunction" between causes and effects. This philosopher distinguishes between impressions and ideas in Book 1 of his Treatise of Human Nature. For 10 points, name this Scottish skeptical thinker and author of the Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. ■END■
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| Omkar Marathe | Illinois Orange | Arkansas | 36 | 10 |
| Saara Katyal | Asia A | Pennyslvania | 47 | 10 |
| Camden Williams | Missouri A | Virginia | 86 | 10 |
| Yaj Jhajhria | California | Illinois White | 96 | 10 |
| Omar Hamid | Kentucky A | New Jersey B | 102 | 10 |
| Ace Chun | Maryland Red | Missouri B | 103 | 10 |
| Robert Wang | New Jersey A | Liberia | 124 | 10 |
| Kheng Hshin Wong | Asia B | Ohio | 125 | 10 |
| Patrick Torre | Maryland Gold | Kentucky B | 129 | 10 |