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This book argues that certain “material falsities” give rise to ideas with objective reality but no corresponding formal reality. (10[1])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, included in a set of “objections and replies” appended to this book, critiques how this book compares a chiliagon and a myriagon to distinguish (10[3])imagination and pure intellect. Elisabeth of Bohemia (-5[1])pressed this book’s author on how its concepts of extended substance and thinking substance interact. This book claims that “clear and distinct” (-5[2])ideas allowed its author to comprehend a piece of wax. (10[1])For 10 points, the evil demon appears in what book by René Descartes that follows Discourse on Method? (10[1]0[1])■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
Arthur GaydenUChicago AUIUC D1810
Neal JoshiWashU BUChicago D7210
Neal JoshiWashU BUChicago D7210
Arjun KalaUIUC BWashU D7210
Danila KabotyaIndiana AWashU C79-5
Akshar GoyalUIUC APurdue D101-5
Akshar GoyalUIUC APurdue D101-5
Nolan JonesPurdue APurdue B11110
Benny FeldmanUChicago CPurdue C13010
Ethan SkolnickWashU CIndiana A1300