Question
Edward Pococke, Jr. published a Latin translation of a novel in this language that he titled Philosophus Autodidactus. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this language that Ibn Tufayl used to write a novel about Hayy ibn Yaqzan (“yak-ZAN”), whose name was taken from an Ibn Sina book also written in this language.
ANSWER: Arabic [or al-‘arabiyyah; accept Classical Arabic or al-Fuṣḥā or al-ʻArabīyah al-Fuṣḥā]
[10h] Hayy ibn Yaqzan is raised by a gazelle in one of these locations. Gaunilo replied to St. Anselm’s ontological argument in In Behalf of the Fool by considering one of these locations.
ANSWER: islands [accept Lost Island]
[10m] Hayy ibn Yaqzan’s isolation was partly inspired by a thought experiment created by Ibn Sina, which argues for the soul’s existence by imagining a man in this state who is without any sense perception.
ANSWER: floating [accept floating man or flying man or man suspended in air]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 33% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 38% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 38% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 14% | 43% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 20.00 | 73% | 46% | 82% |
Data
| Purdue A | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Purdue C | UChicago C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UIUC A | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UChicago A | UIUC D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU B | UChicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU C | Indiana A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UIUC B | WashU D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |