Question

In a book, a philosopher claimed that this phenomenon’s nature as “inconsistent multiplicity” is obscured by the operation of “count-as-one.” This phenomenon is the first word in the title of that book, which was attacked by Roger Scruton for (10[1])misapplying Paul Cohen’s method of forcing. Another philosopher distinguished between a conscious form of this phenomenon, which is the source of all negation, and an unconscious form that is the pure plenitude of positivity. The way that “ruptures” in this phenomenon (-5[1])create the possibility (-5[1])of perceiving truth (-5[1])is modeled using Zermelo–Frankel set theory in a book by Alain Badiou (“ah-LAN bah-DYOO”) that (10[1])pairs this word with “event.” (10[5])Another (10[1])philosopher (10[1])showed how the (10[2])“for-itself” form (10[1])of this phenomenon (-5[1])can lead to “bad faith.” For 10 points, name this word that a Jean-Paul Sartre book (10[1])pairs with “nothingness.” (10[4])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: being [or l’être; accept being-in-itself or being-for-itself; accept être-pour-soi or être-en-soi; reject “exist” or “existence”]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%17%115.58

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John MarvinChicago AToronto A3810
Richard NiuCornell AChicago B79-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMaryland82-5
Aum MundheRutgersWaterloo A85-5
Tim MorrisonStanfordWUSTL A9810
Michael HundingIllinois AColumbia A10310
Karan GurazadaTexasMIT10310
Joel MilesMinnesotaGeorgia Tech10310
Jaik HavlickArizona StateWUSTL B10310
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina ANorthwestern10310
Guy IndoranteIowa StateJohns Hopkins10410
Crow HeNorth Carolina BMichigan10510
John ChenBritish ColumbiaNYU10810
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateLSE10810
Orion KellerVirginia TechHarvard11010
Jakob MyersIndianaUC Berkeley A113-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltUCF12910
Mitch McCullarPenn StateOttawa13210
Brian HoffCornell BOhio State13210
Parth JagtapToronto CToronto B13210
Ezra SantosChicago BCornell A13210
Caleb OttWaterloo BFlorida13310
Arjun KalaIllinois BColumbia B13310
Gus VanskikeMarylandVirginia13310
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AIndiana13310
Liam KusalikWaterloo ARutgers13310
Cade ReinbergerRITWinona State13310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BYale13310