Question
This thought experiment was named to satirize a philosopher who believed that there was no way to rationally choose between two equally good options. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this thought experiment concerning a hungry and thirsty animal placed equidistantly between food and water; because the animal cannot decide, it dies of both hunger and thirst.
ANSWER: Buridan’s ass [accept synonyms like donkey in place of ass; prompt on donkey or ass alone by asking “what philosopher is that thought experiment named for?”]
[10e] A man appears instead of an ass in the first version of the thought experiment, which appears in De Caelo (“day KAI-loh”), a book by this author of the Nicomachean Ethics.
ANSWER: Aristotle [or Aristotélēs]
[10h] Jean Buridan also borrowed from Aristotle in setting this Aristotelian concept as equal to weight times velocity. In the sixth century, John Philoponus re-introduced this concept to Western philosophy.
ANSWER: impetus
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UNC | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| RIT A | UNC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Duke A | UNC B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech A | UNC C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |