Question

In one work, a threefold distinction contrasts a category described by this adjective with one category that includes hearing a noise or seeing the sun and another category that includes sirens and hippogriffs. One work argues against this property by claiming that children have souls and yet cannot assent to the proposition “Whatsoever is, is.” Leibniz defended this property with the analogy of a block of marble with veins that mark out the shape of Hercules that still needs to be chiseled. Descartes contrasted ideas with this property with “factitious” and “adventitious” ideas. The claim that “neither principles (-5[1])nor ideas” possess this property titles the first (10[1])book of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. For 10 points, Locke’s tabula rasa picture (-5[1])of the mind denies the existence (-5[3])of ideas (-5[1])with what (10[1])property? (10[4]-5[2])■END■ (10[8]0[9])

ANSWER: innateness [accept innate ideas; accept innate knowledge; accept native; accept inborn]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2070%0%40%128.71

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jisoo YooTexasWaterloo B97-5
Joy AnHarvardWaterloo A10510
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateNorthwestern119-5
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AUC Berkeley A125-5
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSECornell A125-5
Akshar GoyalIllinois APenn State125-5
Kevin WangGeorgia TechColumbia B127-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AMaryland12910
Moses KitakuleColumbia ABritish Columbia130-5
Noah ChinVirginia TechGeorgia State13010
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins13010
Joel MilesMinnesotaToronto B13010
David BassJohns HopkinsUC Berkeley B130-5
Nathan ZhangCornell ALSE13010
Nathan SheffieldMITFlorida13110
Cade ReinbergerRITChicago B13110
Brian HoffCornell BIowa State1310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateCornell B1310
Parth JagtapToronto CVirginia1310
Charles HangWUSTL AIndiana1310
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaColumbia A1310
Aum MundheRutgersNYU13110
Chris SimsNorthwesternOhio State13110
Micah ColmanWaterloo BTexas13110
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AToronto A1310
Ted GanPenn StateIllinois A1310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaToronto C1310
William GrogerColumbia BGeorgia Tech13110
John MarvinChicago AWUSTL B13110
Jem BurchYaleIllinois B13110
Arjun KalaIllinois BYale1310