Packet 8: Bonus 18
This thinker argued against a Sarvāstivāda monk by bringing up a patient who perceives a net of hairs, but is actually deceived by his eye disease. For 10 points each:
[10h] What Buddhist philosopher is considered one of the founders of the Yogachara school with his brother Asanga? This monk presented vijñapti-mātra (“vij-NYAHP-tee-MAH-trah”), or “appearance-only” metaphysics in Twenty Verses on Consciousness Only.
ANSWER: Vasubandhu [or Shìqīn]
[10e] Vasubandhu’s “appearance-only” metaphysics has been called an idealist approach to this field of philosophy, which asks questions about the nature of knowledge and how things can be known.
ANSWER: epistemology [or word forms like epistemic; accept epistemological idealism]
[10m] Yogachara philosophers denied that these momentary phenomena existing in causal chains were non-mental. A 3rd-century BC set of Buddhist texts were named for being “abhi-” or “higher teaching” on these concepts.
ANSWER: dharmas [or dhamma; accept Abhidharma]
<Editors, Philosophy> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 13.13 | 100% | 19% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Cambridge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Brown | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Bruin | Michigan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | WashU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Harvard | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | UCLA | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Pittsburgh | MIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Vanderbilt | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 16 | 13.13 | 100% | 19% | 13% |