Question

A thinker from this country wrote a thesis titled “Everything that Aristotle has said is false” and was influenced by Rudolph Agricola to define logic as inventio and iudicium. Two thinkers from this country collaborated on a text organized around conceiving, judging, reasoning, and ordering within the “art of thinking.” An outbreak of religious violence in this country resulted in the death of logician Petrus Camus. During the formulary controversy in this country, (10[1])a thinker wrote a series of humorous letters criticizing Jesuit casuistry. (-5[1])The textbook Port-Royal Logic (10[1])was written by two Jansenists from this country. (10[1]-5[1])A thinker from this country used an early form of expected value to argue that belief in God would have infinite (10[1])gain if (10[1])true. (10[1])For 10 points, what country was home to the author of Provincial Letters and Pensées, Blaise Pascal? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: France
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam FooCambridge AOxford A7210
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghDurham A83-5
Ian DewanKielOxford C8710
Justin LeeImperial AImperial B9510
Freddy PottsSheffieldOxford B95-5
Conrad FreidsonWarwickCambridge B11610
Aisling SkeetDurham BKCL11810
James ByrneBristolCambridge C11910
Michael KohnDurham AEdinburgh13710
Eliza DeanOxford BSheffield13710

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