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Packet F: Bonus 9

Michael Devitt introduced the idea that these events are affected by subsequent interactions, which he called “multiple groundings.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this term for the moment of “dubbing” that sets off a “causal chain.” Saul Kripke used this term in Naming and Necessity for the event when a name is first assigned to something and becomes a rigid designator.
ANSWER: baptism [or initial baptism; accept baptismal ceremony; accept word forms like baptizing]
[10m] Kripke’s account opposed a prior theory that treats the meaning of a name as equivalent to the set of these phrases. The essay “On Denoting” distinguishes between “definite” and “indefinite” examples of these phrases.
ANSWER: descriptions [accept descriptivism or word forms like describing]
[10e] This Cambridge philosopher laid the groundwork for his descriptivist theory of names in “On Denoting.” He also co-wrote Principia Mathematica with Alfred North Whitehead.
ANSWER: Bertrand Russell
<Sheffield A, Philosophy> | Packet-F_Brandeis-A_Florida-A_Maryland-A_Sheffield-A_WashU-B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
IowaNotre Dame B001010E
Northwestern AGeorgetown B001010E
Notre Dame CNotre Dame A0000
PurdueNorthwestern B001010E
Stanford BGeorgetown A0101020ME

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California2025-02-01✓316.67100%33%33%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓510.00100%0%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓68.3367%0%17%
Midwest2025-02-01✓618.33100%50%33%
North2025-02-01✓313.3367%33%33%
Overflow2025-02-01✓510.0080%20%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01✓210.00100%0%0%
South Central2025-02-01✓225.00100%100%50%
Southeast2025-02-01✓47.5075%0%0%
UK2025-02-01✓516.00100%40%20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓815.0075%50%25%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%