Question

In Mind and World, John McDowell rejects a form of naturalism described by this adjective in favor of “naturalized Platonism.” In “On What There Is,” W.V.O. Quine asks whether a possible fat man in the doorway is the same person as a man with this quality. A man who may possess this quality is at the center of the phalakros paradox, a variant (15[1])of the sorites problem. In a 1950 paper defining meaning as “directions for use,” P.F. (*) Strawson claims that a sentence involving this physical trait has no truth value. (10[1])A paper that considers the terms “Scott” and “the author of Waverley” claims that a sentence about a person with this physical property is false. For 10 points, name this trait of Socrates and Michel Foucault, which is attributed to the “present king of France” (10[1])in Bertrand Russell’s “On Denoting.” ■END■

ANSWER: baldness [or lacking hair; accept synonyms that specify having hair or not]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Collin AceRutgers DiasporaThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs6215
Caleb KendrickMaryland AGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery9010
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them13510

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%50%50%84.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%0%95.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%98.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%50%25%82.25
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2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%67%0%79.00