Question

In Mind and World, John McDowell rejects a form of naturalism described by this adjective in favor of (15[1])“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 of the sorites problem. (15[1]-5[1])In a 1950 paper (15[1])defining meaning as “directions for use,” P.F. (*) Strawson claims that a sentence involving this physical trait has no truth value. A paper that considers the terms “Scott” and “the author of Waverley” (-5[2])claims (10[1])that a sentence about a person with this physical property (10[1])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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago APurdue1715
Max BrodskyIllinois+Ohio State66-5
JinAh KimMaryland B-Michigan6615
Taylor HarveyMojo ShojoEpic Games7015
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLAmartya Senpai Notice Me102-5
Andrew SalijNorthwesternChicago B102-5
Clark SmithOhio StateIllinois+10310
Alston BoydChicago BNorthwestern11310
Eric MukherjeeAmartya Senpai Notice MeWUSTL13510

Summary

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
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%50%0%67.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%67%0%79.00