Round 1: 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, “reason is, and (10[1])ought only to be, the slave of the passions.” According to this philosopher’s “guillotine,” moral “ought” statements cannot (10[1])be derived from factual “is” statements. This philosopher’s Enquiry confusingly argues that someone can imagine a “missing shade of blue.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this empiricist philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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