Packet 5: Bonus 14
This thinker argued for the immateriality of the soul by claiming that a floating man with no sensory experiences would still be self-aware. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this thinker whose contributions to medicine include The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine. This Arabic philosopher claimed that God is the necessary existent and all contingent beings exist through another.
ANSWER: Avicenna [or ibn Sina]
[10e] Avicenna challenged this thinker through his floating man argument and by distinguishing between existence and essence. This Greek philosopher wrote Metaphysics and Nicomachaean Ethics.
ANSWER: Aristotle of Stagira [or Aristoteles]
[10h] This work promotes occasionalism by criticizing Avicenna’s metaphysical and psychological arguments. This text by al-Ghazali denounces the metaphysical claims of other Arabic thinkers.
ANSWER: The Incoherence of the Philosophers [or Tahāfut al-Falāsifa’; prompt on the Incoherence or the Tahāfut]
<Philosophy, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 05
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 17.89 | 87% | 61% | 32% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An even worse idea | Mountain Dew is Better | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | Michael Touse-Squid | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| I have no buzzer and I must neg | The Young Jits | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Not Just Biking | Booz Allen Interns | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| PC Chris Master Race | Ted Offensive | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| They fuck you up your buzz and neg | Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | Armand duplantis fan club | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Virginia Tech | Ostia Orcas | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 50% | 17% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 23.75 | 100% | 75% | 63% |