Packet 5: Tossup 5

This philosopher proposed uniting physics and psychology to understand the “intrinsic (-5[1])character” of a monist world in The Analysis of Matter. Zermelo (-5[1])and Fraenkel developed a system to solve a problem this philosopher (15[1])noted in a letter to Gottlob (15[1])Frege (“FRAY-guh”). While working with (15[1])the author of Process and Reality, this philosopher commented “the above proposition is occasionally useful” on a (*) proof that 1+1=2. (10[1]-5[1])Barbers (10[1])are often (10[1])used to explain a paradox named for this philosopher which asks if the set of all sets that do not contain themselves (10[1])contains (-5[1])itself. (10[1])For 10 points, what British philosopher collaborated with Alfred North Whitehead (10[1])on (10[1])Principia Mathematica? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[14])

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary