Question
This theologian expunged Aristotle from the University of Wittenberg’s curriculum from 1519 to 1525, but reinstated it after theorizing a distinction between law and gospel. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this “teacher of Germany” who suggested that schools should only use Latin. This author of three textbooks on dialectical logic popularized Luther’s idea of sola fide in the pamphlet Loci communes.
ANSWER: Philip Melanchthon [or Philipp Schwartzerdt]
[10h] Some 17th-century followers of Melanchthon synthesized his logic with the theories of this Huguenot, who legendarily claimed “everything that Aristotle has said is false.” This philosopher divided logic into iudicium and inventio.
ANSWER: Petrus Ramus [accept Ramist logic or Ramism]
[10e] Ramus claimed that the goal of his logic was to adapt this textbook by Aristotle “for the service of learning.” Francis Bacon critiqued Aristotelian science in his treatise New [this six-part work].
ANSWER: Organon [accept Novum Organum or New Organon or Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae]
<AY, Philosophy (Early Modern)>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |