Question

Bertrand Russell argued that this property is not a property of objects, but a second-order property of propositional functions. W. V. O. Quine used Plato’s beard to outline the paradox of discussing objects that lack this property. Objects lacking this property comprise Meinong’s jungle. A quantifier (-5[1])named for this property is symbolized by a backwards E. (10[2])Jean-Paul (10[1])Sartre asserted that this property precedes essence. Ontology (10[1])is the study of this property. (10[1])The teleological and cosmological arguments support the belief that God has this property. For 10 points, name this property of objects that are real, the state of participating in reality. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: existence [accept word forms; accept being because Quine, Russell and other actualists equated them even if others didn’t, accept being real before mention]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent Zhang (DII)PennPrinceton45-5
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ASwarthmore A5510
Alex Shi (DII)Swarthmore BFordham5510
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU AUniversity of Delaware A5610
Lucas Shedlock (DII)PrincetonPenn6410
Miles Jaffee (DII)LehighUniversity of Delaware B7010
Nat KuNYU BNYU C10110

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2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y6100%0%17%66.83