Question

This thinker’s sentimentalist approach to art judging can be seen in his essay “Of the Standard of Taste.” This thinker wrote that we could not know the result of the collision between two billiard balls to support the theory of causation. Descriptive and prescriptive statements are explored in a law called this thinker’s (15[1])“guillotine.” This thinker formulated his is-ought problem in (*) Treatise of Human Nature and in another work, provided an exception to his “copy principle” by presenting the case of a missing shade of blue. For 10 points, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is by what Scottish empiricist? ■END■

ANSWER: David Hume [accept Hume’s fork]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kelvin NiEast Brunswick AHunter A5215

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y1100%100%0%52.00