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

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