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 (10[1])individual miracles. Contra Spinoza, this philosopher wrote, “reason is, and ought (10[1])only to be, the slave of the passions.” (10[1])According to this philosopher’s “guillotine,” moral “ought” statements cannot be derived from factual “is” statements. This philosopher’s Enquiry (-5[1])confusingly argues that someone can imagine a “missing shade of blue.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this empiricist philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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