Question
This philosopher used the example of how Martin Guerre’s wife had in good faith believed an impostor to be her husband to explain why heretics should not be punished for their beliefs. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Huguenot philosopher sometimes associated with skepticism. This philosopher wrote the Historical and Critical Dictionary.
ANSWER: Pierre Bayle (“bell”)
[10e] Despite his denials, Bayle was accused of holding this position, which was advocated for by Baron d’Holbach (“doll-BOCK”). A religious aphorism states that there are no holders of this position in foxholes.
ANSWER: atheism [or atheist; accept “there are no atheists in foxholes”; prompt on irreligion or nonbelief or nonbelievers]
[10h] Bayle compared this concept to “a runner who doesn’t know that the race is over.” According to Bayle, a form of this concept described by the adjective droite (“dwaht”), or “right,” helps ground the “common notions” of morality.
ANSWER: reason [or la raison; accept right reason or la droite raison]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 17 | 17.06 | 94% | 71% | 6% |
Data
| Chicago A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell B | Claremont A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana A | South Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ohio State A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| NYU A | Brown A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Florida B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Michigan A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Texas A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale A | Rutgers B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Florida A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Northwestern A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Stanford A | Minnesota B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale B | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago B | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell A | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |