Question

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

ANSWER: baldness [or lacking hair; accept synonyms that specify having hair or not]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amogh KulkarniCornell C++Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq1515
Joel MilesThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU7215
Ash SeetharamanHouston and friendsRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang90-5
Geoffrey ChenHutto HipposCornell B-10210
Zach FosterRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHouston and friends14010

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