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This thinker argued that moral judgments reduce to statements of psychological states where we desire to desire something in “is Ethics a branch of Empirical Psychology?.” This thinker attacked G.E. Moore’s consequentialism in a thought experiment about mothers of (-5[1])monstrous men, inspiring Moore to change it into a synthetic thesis. This thinker described his relative pacifism by contrast with absolute pacifism in “The Future of Pacifism,” and warned of atomic war in a manifesto also named for (*) Einstein. This thinker coined the term logical atomism for his philosophical approach, and Analysis of Minds introduced his neutral monism. (10[1])This thinker analyzed the sentence “the present king of France (10[1])is bald” (10[1])using his theory of descriptions. For 10 points, name this author of On Denoting. ■END■

ANSWER: Bertrand Russell
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will AlstonSGV VenturesU[C]SD38-5
Kevin ParkClaremontJason et al.9610
Josh XuALCUAnderson et al.10610
Justine FrenchU[C]SDSGV Ventures10810

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