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Note to moderators: Read the answerline carefully. Note to players: Japanese or English answers are acceptable. In Kitaro Nishida’s “logic of place,” all reality takes place within the “absolute” form of this concept. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this concept that Nishida’s student Keiji Nishitani equated with the Buddhist term Śūnyatā (“SHOON-yuh-tah”). In a koan (“KOH-ahn”), Master Joshu is asked if a dog has Buddha-nature and responds with the word for this concept.

ANSWER: mu [or nothingness; accept emptiness, voidness, or vacuity; accept absolute nothingness; accept non-being; reject “no”]

[10e] Nishida, Nishitani, and other philosophers of the Kyoto school were influenced by this Buddhist tradition. Koans are from this tradition, popular in Japan, that emphasizes achieving enlightenment through meditation.

ANSWER: Zen Buddhism [or Chán Buddhism; prompt on Mahayana Buddhism]

[10m] After graduating from Kyoto Imperial University, Nishitani moved to the University of Freiburg, where he studied under this German philosopher who collaborated with the Nazis and theorized Dasein (“dah-ZYNE”).

ANSWER: Martin Heidegger

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	86%	57%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	10.00	40%	40%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	14.44	56%	67%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	5.00	50%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	19.09	100%	82%	9%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	13.33	75%	42%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	89%	67%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	83%	67%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	12.50	88%	38%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	10.00	71%	29%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	14.62	92%	46%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	10.00	50%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	0	10	0	10
Claremont A	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
UCLA F	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
USC A	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
USC B	Claremont C	0	0	0	0
Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Ottawa A	0	0	10	10
McGill B	McGill C	0	0	10	10
Carleton B	McGill E	0	10	0	10
Ottawa B	Ottawa D	10	10	0	20
Ottawa C	Carleton A	0	0	0	0
Toronto I	Brock A	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	McMaster B	0	0	10	10
McMaster C	Queen's A	0	0	0	0
Toronto A	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Waterloo C	Toronto G	0	0	0	0
Toronto F	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Toronto E	Waterloo B	10	10	10	30
South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	0	0	0	0
Florida Tech A	Florida A	0	0	0	0
Florida B	UCF A	0	10	0	10
Florida State A	Florida Tech B	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	CWRU C	0	10	10	20
CWRU D	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
Michigan State D	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Ohio State D	Louisville D	0	10	10	20
Louisville C	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan State C	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
WVU B	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Duke A	William & Mary B	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	JMU B	0	10	0	10
William & Mary A	UNC A	0	10	10	20
UNC C	UNC D	0	10	10	20
VCU A	Virginia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
JMU A	William & Mary C	0	10	0	10
NCSU B	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
Stony Brook	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
NYU C	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	NYU A	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	Penn	0	0	0	0
Princeton	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Rowan	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers C	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers D	George Mason A	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	WashU Grizzlers	0	10	10	20
Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	0	10	10	20
Illinois Champaign	William Woods University A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Orange	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Iowa B	Purdue D	0	0	0	0
WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Iowa A	0	10	0	10
Minnesota	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	St. Thomas	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin A	Macalester	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Amherst A	Williams B	0	0	10	10
Tufts B	Boston College A	0	10	0	10
Boston College B	Vermont A	0	10	10	20
Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	0	0	0	0
Vermont B	Brandeis Mozart	0	10	10	20
Brown A	Tufts C	0	10	0	10
Amherst B	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth B	Boston University A	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth C	MIT B	0	10	0	10
UConn A	Tufts A	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Bach	Williams C	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	Arizona State A	0	10	0	10
Washington Sockeye	Boise State	0	10	0	10
Washington Atlantic	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
British Columbia B	Alberta A	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	Texas	0	10	10	20
Washington Coho	Washington Chinook	0	10	0	10
Washington Masu	Alberta B	0	0	0	0
Washington Pink	Washington State	0	10	10	20
Kansas State A	Harding	0	0	0	0
Central Oklahoma B	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Nebraska A	Murray State College B	0	10	10	20
Nebraska B	Murray State College A	0	10	0	10
Tulsa A	Nebraska C	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	0	10
Kansas State B	Tulsa B	0	0	0	0
Clemson A	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Clemson B	0	0	0	0
Montevallo	Clemson C	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	10	10	0	20
Durham A	Durham B	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Durham D	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh C	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	York	0	10	0	10
Bristol	Cardiff	0	0	10	10
Birmingham	Cambridge C	0	0	0	0
Cambridge E	Oxford	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Imperial C	0	10	10	20
Imperial D	Imperial B	0	0	0	0
LSE	Warwick	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Southampton	0	0	10	10
Cornell D	Binghamton A	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
ESF	RIT B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Rochester	0	10	10	20