Round 6: Tossup 2

A character created by this philosopher describes nature as a “great machine” and analogizes it to a house in two presentations of the argument from design. This philosopher argued that there will always be more evidence for the laws of nature than for individual miracles. Contra (10[1])Spinoza, this philosopher wrote, (10[1])“reason is, and ought only to be, (10[1])the slave of the passions.” According (10[1])to this philosopher’s “guillotine,” moral “ought” statements (10[1])cannot be derived from factual “is” statements. This philosopher’s Enquiry confusingly argues that someone can imagine a “missing shade of blue.” (10[3])For 10 points, name this empiricist philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. (10[1])■END■

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