Question

Richard Taylor connected a philosopher’s conception of this faculty as “form for us” to their readings of Themistius. A thesis about this faculty is the first of thirteen doctrines condemned in Étienne Tempier’s (“ate-YEN tomp-YAYS”) 1270 edict. This faculty is said to operate via “union” rather than “conjunction” in a book titled for the Four Journeys of this faculty by Mulla Sadra. (10[2])This faculty (10[1])is split into an “agent” form and a “material” form, both of which are singular and universal, in a thinker’s “Long Commentary” on an Aristotle work. That Aristotle work, which distinguishes between “active” and “passive” types (10[1])of this (10[2])faculty, (10[1]-5[1])is On the Soul. Aquinas criticized the theory that this faculty is shared among all people, (10[1])propounded (-5[1])by (-5[1])a thinker he called “the Commentator.” For 10 points, Averroes (“uh-VARE-roh-eez”) believed (10[1])in the “unity” (10[3])of what faculty (10[1])of (-5[1])understanding? ■END■ (10[10]0[4])

ANSWER: intellect [or ‘aql; or noûs; or intellectus; or reason; or intelligence; or rational faculty; accept active intellect, agent intellect, or passive intellect, or material intellect; prompt on mind or mental; prompt on cognition or thinking or knowing or knowledge or understanding by asking, “What did these philosophers call the faculty that makes this possible?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateBritish Columbia5910
Tim MorrisonStanfordNorth Carolina A5910
Nathan ZhangCornell AGeorgia Tech6110
Henry BonWinona StateUCF9710
Mitch McCullarPenn StateFlorida9910
Ned TagtmeierChicago AWUSTL A9910
Aum MundheRutgersIndiana10010
Charles YoungColumbia ANorthwestern100-5
Michael HundingIllinois AUC Berkeley A11610
Michael KearneyHarvardJohns Hopkins117-5
Sky LiToronto AWaterloo A118-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaIowa State12910
Colin VeeversOttawaArizona State13210
Jisoo YooTexasToronto C13210
Joey SunToronto BVirginia Tech13210
Rayton LinWaterloo BNYU13510
Ezra SantosChicago BMIT136-5
Yrwin BatanMITChicago B13810
Cade ReinbergerRITColumbia B1380
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganCornell B13810
Chris SimsNorthwesternColumbia A13810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltOhio State13810
William GrogerColumbia BRIT13810
Isaac MammelMarylandNorth Carolina B1380
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsHarvard13810
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AToronto A13810
Cormac BeirneLSEUC Berkeley B13810
Soren HeydariNorth Carolina BMaryland1380
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BLSE1380
Joseph ChambersVirginiaIllinois B13810
June YinWUSTL BYale13810