Bonus
A book by this philosopher refutes Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha and its theory of the divine right of kings. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this philosopher whose empiricist Essay Concerning Human Understanding was defended by Catharine Trotter Cockburn (“KOH-burn”). This philosopher defended a theory of natural rights in Two Treatises of Government.
ANSWER: John Locke
[10m] Cockburn’s defense of Locke’s Essay focuses on his anti-innatism, which analogizes the mind at birth to one of these objects. A two-word phrase is required.
ANSWER: tabula rasa [or blank slate]
[10h] Locke’s tabula rasa theory influenced his treatise Some Thoughts Concerning [this discipline]. Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women extensively criticizes a novel about the philosophy of this discipline.
ANSWER: education [or pedagogy; or teaching; accept Some Thoughts Concerning Education]
<Editors, Philosophy>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 39 | 22.05 | 90% | 90% | 41% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| George Mason B | Rutgers D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Johns Hopkins | Vassar A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | MH |
| Lehigh B | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Maryland A | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Maryland C | Rutgers A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Rutgers B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU C | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Penn | Stony Brook | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Princeton | Lehigh A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Rowan | George Mason C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vassar B | Rutgers C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 92% | 75% | 50% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 22.50 | 92% | 100% | 33% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 89% | 89% | 33% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |