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This book uses the example of the Sophists to argue that people who believe they understand the world logically can be easily manipulated. This book imagines King Charles II asking the Royal Society why a dead fish weighs more than a live one to claim that theories in the social sciences are no longer predictive. This book laments the loss of unifying commonplaces that existed in the “predecessor culture.” Inspired by A Canticle for Leibowitz, (15[1])this book opens by describing a society where words like (*) “neutrinos” and “gravity” are used senselessly after understanding of science disappears. (10[1])After describing the abolition of taboos in Polynesia, this book calls Nietzsche “the King Kamehameha (10[1])II of the European tradition.” This book criticizes the Enlightenment’s “moral project” and its abandonment of teleology. For 10 points, name this book defending Aristotelian ethics by Alasdair (10[1])MacIntyre. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: After Virtue
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha7415
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken9510
Liam KusalikYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange11010
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13810
Kunaal Chandrashekaras rational as the square root of two power bottomsRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1400
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlersas rational as the square root of two power bottoms1400

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