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. (10[1])Contra Spinoza, this (10[1])philosopher wrote, “reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the (10[1])passions.” (10[1])According to this philosopher’s “guillotine,” moral (10[2])“ought” statements cannot be derived (10[1])from factual “is” statements. This philosopher’s Enquiry (10[1])confusingly argues that someone can imagine a “missing shade of blue.” For 10 points, name this empiricist philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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