Question

Lenin retorted that “the secret was well kept” in response to a book from this country titled The Secret of Hegel. A philosopher from this country used the example of a lump of sugar to argue by regress that “relations” are not real in his book Appearance and Reality. That thinker was part of a movement from this country criticized in a paper that helped popularize the concept of “sense data,” “The Refutation of Idealism.” A philosopher from this country presented the “Here is one hand” argument (10[1])in his “A Defence of (10[1])Common Sense.” A friend of that thinker also from this country argued that the burden of proof lies with someone claiming (10[1])that there exists a teapot between Earth and Mars. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name this home country of G. E. Moore and Bertrand Russell. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: United Kingdom [or Britain or UK or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island; accept England or Scotland or Wales; accept British Idealism] (The Secret of Hegel is by James Hutchison Stirling and Appearance and Reality is by F. H. Bradley.)
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Matthew SiffYale AYale B8610
Eren MicheletBoston University ABrown A9110
Ethan YoungWilliams ANortheastern A11210
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Derek FinoClark ATufts A121-5
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisYale C12110
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