Packet 9: Bonus 2
In a 1970 explanation of akrasia, Donald Davidson argues that actions performed in violation of one’s judgment may still align with this concept when evaluations are conditional. For 10 points each:
[10m] G. E. M. Anscombe’s first book unites three semantic relationships between what title concept and action?
ANSWER: intentions [accept intentional action, acting intentionally, or Intention; prompt on reasons; reject “intentionality”]
[10e] Unlike Anscombe, Davidson asserted that intentions possess this relationship to action. Aristotle’s four types of this relationship are material, formal, efficient, and final.
ANSWER: causation [accept word forms like causality; accept causal theory of action; accept material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, or final cause]
[10h] In a puzzle outlined by Gregory Kavka, one can win a million dollars by forming an intention to do this action; however, one’s ability to form that intention is compromised by the fact that actually doing this action is not necessary.
ANSWER: drinking a toxin [accept synonyms such as consuming, ingesting, or otherwise partaking of a toxin; accept poisoning oneself; accept poison for “toxin”; prompt on answers describing becoming sick or ill for a day by asking “what action is taken to cause that effect?”; reject answers that indicate poisoning other people]
<HA, Philosophy> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 14.05 | 83% | 41% | 17% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 40% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 20% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 0% | 67% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 33% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |