Question
This philosopher used the doctrine of dependent origination to refute the view that the transient components of existence have “intrinsic natures” in a work often called the MMK. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ancient philosopher who inspired Graham Priest’s dialetheism by frequently making arguments of the form “P, not P, P and not P, neither P nor not P.”
ANSWER: Nāgārjuna (The leadin refers to the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.)
[10h] This skeptical philosophical tradition emphasized the “neither P nor not P” component of the tetralemma. You may also give the pejorative name that Pali texts used to critique their “verbal jugglery.”
ANSWER: Ajñana [accept eel-wrigglers or Amarāvikkhepikas]
[10e] The skeptic Pyrrho of Elis traveled with Alexander the Great and was influenced by a school of nudist Indian philosophers that the Greeks called gymno-[these people]. Gorgias was one of these rhetoricians.
ANSWER: sophists [or sophistes; accept gymnosophists or gymnosophistes]
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morlocks! Morlocks! lama sabachthani? | The Questions for the Historical Je*BUZZ* by AlBonus Schweitzer | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |