Bonus
Note to moderators: Read the answerline carefully. Note to players: Japanese or English answers are acceptable. In Kitaro Nishida’s “logic of place,” all reality takes place within the “absolute” form of this concept. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this concept that Nishida’s student Keiji Nishitani equated with the Buddhist term Śūnyatā (“SHOON-yuh-tah”). In a koan (“KOH-ahn”), Master Joshu is asked if a dog has Buddha-nature and responds with the word for this concept.
ANSWER: mu [or nothingness; accept emptiness, voidness, or vacuity; accept absolute nothingness; accept non-being; reject “no”]
[10e] Nishida, Nishitani, and other philosophers of the Kyoto school were influenced by this Buddhist tradition. Koans are from this tradition, popular in Japan, that emphasizes achieving enlightenment through meditation.
ANSWER: Zen Buddhism [or Chán Buddhism; prompt on Mahayana Buddhism]
[10m] After graduating from Kyoto Imperial University, Nishitani moved to the University of Freiburg, where he studied under this German philosopher who collaborated with the Nazis and theorized Dasein (“dah-ZYNE”).
ANSWER: Martin Heidegger
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| 2 | 125 | 14.40 | 82% | 54% | 8% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 86% | 57% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 40% | 40% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 56% | 67% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 19.09 | 100% | 82% | 9% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 13.33 | 75% | 42% | 17% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 67% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 83% | 67% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 88% | 38% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 14.62 | 92% | 46% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |