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, (15[1])a variant of the sorites problem. In a 1950 paper defining meaning as “directions for (15[1])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” (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.” ■END■

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Erik ChristensenThe Passion According to C.H.Milan et al.6015
Liam KusalikThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzCameron et al.7515
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleParth et al.10210

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