Question
This medium is composed of thinking objects, according to the panpsychism of Margaret Cavendish. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this medium whose existence is asserted by Rabelais and Spinoza’s statements that “nature abhors a vacuum.” Atomists disputed the claim from Aristotle’s Physics that this medium fills the space between objects.
ANSWER: the plenum
[10m] Descartes combined plenism and atomism to argue that the world was a continuum of these particles, which had primary qualities and could be divided. Newton’s Opticks claims that light is composed of these particles.
ANSWER: corpuscles
[10e] Newton gave this name to the medium through which corpuscles moved, which he thought was composed of particles smaller than those of light. This medium, whose existence was disproven by the Michelson-Morley experiment, shares its name with the fifth classical element.
ANSWER: ether [or luminiferous aether]
<FW, Philosophy (Early Modern)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk the Herald Angels Tuah | Quining Quem Quaeritis | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Waterloo Queens | Hawk Tuahology | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |