Bonus
This essay describes the author’s abandoned pursuit of a philosophy that fulfills William Butler Yeats’s description of “holding reality and justice in a single vision.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this essay about the search for a way to be “an intellectual and spiritual snob” who loves the flora of the New Jersey mountains and yet still be a “friend of humanity.”
ANSWER: “Trotsky and the Wild Orchids” (by Richard Rorty)
[10m] “Trotsky and the Wild Orchids” opens by discussing the criticism Richard Rorty received for embracing this attitude. This attitude is the second title concept of a Rorty book that defines it as doubting one’s choice of “final vocabulary.”
ANSWER: irony [or ironism; or ironist] (That book is Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity.)
[10e] In “Trotsky and the Wild Orchids,” Rorty describes his life-changing acceptance of the pragmatist views of this American philosopher, who wrote Democracy and Education.
ANSWER: John Dewey
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois A | Stanford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| WUSTL B | Georgia State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |