Question

This book’s author describes looking into a cat’s eyes and seeing it ask, “Is it possible that you mean me?” as proof that animals’ eyes have “the power of real language.” This work describes abandoning the categories of picture, movement, species, law, or number in understanding a tree and instead becoming (10[1])bound up in a (10[1])mutual relation (10[1])to the tree. (10[1])This book’s opening line, “To man the world is twofold, in accordance with (10[1])his twofold attitude,” refers to the differences between “experience” and “encounter” as modes of engagement. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” uses this book’s central (10[2])idea to explain (10[1]-5[1])how (-5[1])segregation “ends up relegating persons to the status (-5[1])of things.” (-5[1])For 10 points, the “I–It” relation is contrasted with the title subject-to-subject (10[2])relationship in what magnum (-5[1])opus of (10[1])Martin Buber? ■END■ (10[8]0[5])

ANSWER: I and Thou [or Ich und Du; or I and You]
<Philosophy>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2383%0%22%106.84

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateWaterloo B5010
Aum MundheRutgersColumbia A5410
John MarvinChicago AWaterloo A5610
Jaik HavlickArizona StateLSE5910
Karan GurazadaTexasVirginia Tech7210
Tim MorrisonStanfordIndiana9810
Akshar GoyalIllinois AWUSTL A9810
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AToronto A101-5
Ryan RosenbergNYUYale10110
Joseph ChambersVirginiaWinona State102-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaCornell A110-5
James McCurleyHarvardGeorgia Tech112-5
Todd MaslykMichiganMaryland12410
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaPenn State12410
Biniam AlaroFloridaUC Berkeley B128-5
Wenying WuToronto BChicago B13010
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BFlorida13310
Ben WismathToronto CIowa State1330
Shiva TegullaUCFColumbia B1330
Crow HeNorth Carolina BVanderbilt13310
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell B1330
Henry BonWinona StateVirginia13310
Richard NiuCornell AMinnesota13310
Tony ChenToronto ANorth Carolina A13310
Chris SimsNorthwesternUC Berkeley A13310
David BassJohns HopkinsMIT13310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateToronto C1330
Colin VeeversOttawaWUSTL B13310
Olin BoseColumbia BUCF1330