Packet 10: Tossup 19

A book by this thinker traces the “interiority” of its title concept to Augustine’s development of “radical reflexivity.” In that book, this thinker asserts that our intuitions about what is worthwhile are “strong evaluations” shaped by our “inescapable frameworks” of moral response. The Romantic poets promise a “reenchanted” world according to this thinker’s 2024 (15[1])tome Cosmic Connections, a sequel to (15[1]-5[1])The Language Animal. (15[2])This thinker’s (15[1]-5[2])1989 (15[1])magnum opus traces the Enlightenment’s (*) “affirmation (-5[1])of ordinary life” (-5[2])after (-5[1])pitting irreducible identity against “reductive naturalism.” This Catholic discussed the 1982 (-5[1])Charter of Rights in a lecture on how multiculturalism affects (10[2])the title “Politics of Recognition.” (10[1])For 10 points, what nonagenarian (-5[1])philosopher who taught (0[1])at McGill (10[2])wrote (10[1])A (-5[1])Secular Age and Sources of the Self? ■END■ (10[6]0[6])

ANSWER: Charles Taylor [or Charles Margrave Taylor]
<HA, Philosophy> | NAFTA-Packet-10
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Aseem KeyalUntitled Keyal TeamNYU A5315
James StevensonThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.In the Mood for Transportation Equipment59-5
Todd MaslykIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.5915
Thomas Gioiaconsumption smoothing by borrowing future big law incomeCapital One in the Twenty-First Century6215
Vivian MaloufBerkeley AStanford A6215
Jordan Brownstein(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseballIndiana6415
Ben LaFondVacuous TortoiseDour Straits64-5
Neil GurramConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.Stanford B64-5
Nathan ZhangHabitat 67Shipping Down from Ballston6515
John LawrenceThe Fire Neg TimeThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's Back71-5
Mattias EhatammMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞https://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png74-5
Charles HangWashUThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals74-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BNot Old! (Old)75-5
Vicent DuThe Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHAGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡 86-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternInvective Against Swans9610
Joel MilesQuebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'Chicago !A9610
Andrew WangExecute Order 6 7Muscle Mass Extinction Event10110
Albert NyangNo Country for Old QuizzersH Charlson's Washed Up Scrubs106-5
Oliver ClarkeH Charlson's Washed Up ScrubsNo Country for Old Quizzers1090
Michael WuDour StraitsVacuous Tortoise11110
Gareth ThorlaksonStrange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. PennywiseYou Don't Have the Cards11110
Henry BonLexMaybe Ever11210
Joseph KrolA Neg of Beauty is a Joy ForeverThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the Easy113-5
Rob CarsonBHSU1000000 Delinquents12110
Daniel MaNoah Sheidlower Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett1210
Jack GranahanMiddlesex County Fetty Wap Fan ClubSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipa1210
Jason Honghttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.pngMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞12110
Spencer Manning[Redacted]four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B1210
Alex Wangfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B[Redacted]1210
Arjun VijaykumarSt. MarxW&L+Friend1210
Aidan McIntoshW&L+FriendSt. Marx1210
Kurtis DrogeThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade DealsWashU12110
Eric ChenNot Old! (Old)Berkeley B12110
Jack LewisGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡 The Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHA12110
Eric MukherjeeAna Pauker? I hardly know her!Tennessee A12110
Abigail TanThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the EasyA Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever1430

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/2026367%33%67%91.50
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/2026450%0%25%116.50
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20262100%0%50%121.00
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20251100%0%0%111.00
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20251100%0%100%121.00
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/2025333%33%33%62.00
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/2025333%0%100%111.00
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%33%17%89.50
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/2025367%67%0%59.00