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This book discusses how sacramental rituals and myths are both rooted in different forms of “life-symbols.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this book that contrasts “discursive symbols” used for descriptive purposes in the real world with “presentational symbols” perceived as complete units in the virtual world.
ANSWER: Philosophy in a New Key (by Susanne K. Langer)
[10m] The primary influence on Langer’s treatment of symbols in Philosophy in a New Key was this German Neo-Kantian author of Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. In 1929, he participated in the Davos Debate against a more existentialist-leaning philosopher.
ANSWER: Ernst Cassirer (“kuh-SEER-er”)
[10e] Cassirer’s opponent in the Davos Debate was this author of Being and Time.
ANSWER: Martin Heidegger
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateWaterloo B0101020ME
Cornell AOttawa0101020ME
Georgia StateJohns Hopkins0101020ME
Illinois AVirginia10101030HME
Illinois BFlorida001010E
Iowa StateIndiana0101020ME
MarylandHarvard0101020ME
MinnesotaMichigan0101020ME
NYUPenn State001010E
Ohio StateUCF001010E
StanfordNorthwestern0101020ME
TexasNorth Carolina B0101020ME
Toronto AGeorgia Tech0101020ME
Toronto BWinona State0101020ME
Toronto CRIT001010E
VanderbiltLSE0101020ME
WUSTL AMIT001010E
WUSTL BColumbia A001010E
Waterloo ANorth Carolina A0101020ME
YaleCornell B001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2017.00100%65%5%