Question
The first part of this book, “The origin of negation,” argues that every question has the potential for a negative and describes a cafe being in the “shade” of a man’s absence. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this book tha describes an objectifying phenomenon called “the look” caused by the presence of other people. This book contrasts the “for-itself” and “in-itself” types of the first title concept.
ANSWER: Being and Nothingness [or L’Être et le Néan]
[10e] Being and Nothingness was written by this thinker and partner of Simone de Beauvoir, who explained the claim “existence precedes essence” in Existentialism Is a Humanism.
ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre [or Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre]
[10h] In Being and Nothingness, Sartre uses this singular term to describe limits on human freedom, such as the time and place of one’s death. Being and Nothingness states that bad faith may be surpassed if this concept is in harmony with transcendence.
ANSWER: facticity [or facticité; accept Faktizität]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Oxford A | Durham A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |