Question
Moses Mendelssohn was part of the Haskalah movement, which is often called the “Jewish” form of a movement named for this concept. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this concept. Mendelssohn and Kant both answered the question, “What is [this concept]?” in 1784 essays in the Berlin Monthly, with Kant answering that it is “daring to know.”
ANSWER: enlightenment [or aufklärung; accept Jewish Enlightenment; accept “Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?” or “Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?”]
[10h] Kant had previously come second to Mendelssohn in the Berlin Academy’s 1762 essay competition, in which Mendelssohn’s Prize Essay argued that these two disciplines employ the same method despite one’s progress lagging behind the other.
ANSWER: mathematics AND metaphysics [accept calculus, geometry, or other subfields in place of “mathematics”]
[10m] Mendelssohn revisited the proofs of God’s existence from his Prize Essay near the end of his life in Morning Hours, which dismisses this objection as unimportant. Kant raised this objection against the ontological argument.
ANSWER: existence is not a (real) predicate [accept synonyms of "existence" like being]
<FW, Philosophy (Early Modern)>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 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 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |