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This book argues that certain “material falsities” give rise to ideas with objective reality but no corresponding formal reality. In a letter, this book’s author defended one of its conclusions by appealing to three types of “primitive notions” and a Scholastic idea of heaviness. An objection by Pierre Gassendi, (10[1])included in a set of “objections and replies” appended to this book, critiques how this book compares a chiliagon and a myriagon to distinguish imagination and pure (10[1])intellect. Elisabeth of Bohemia pressed this book’s author on how its concepts (10[1])of extended (-5[2])substance and thinking substance interact. (10[1])This book claims that “clear and distinct” ideas allowed its author to comprehend a piece of wax. For 10 points, the evil demon appears in what book by René Descartes (10[1])that follows Discourse on Method? ■END■

ANSWER: Meditations on First Philosophy [or Meditationes de Prima Philosophia; accept René Descartes’s Meditations or equivalents; prompt on Meditations by asking “by what author?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarPenn State ABard A4810
Charles YoungColumbia APenn B7510
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARutgers A8710
Victor BenderPenn State BRowan A89-5
Victor BenderPenn State BRowan A89-5
Austin GuoPrinceton AJohns Hopkins B9410
Derrick LiuJohns Hopkins BLehigh A12410