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56d987b2dc89441400fdb4f5 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 19, the BBC reported that 1,300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London, protesting against what they described as Western media bias. Several days earlier, the BBC had published an article entitled "The challenges of reporting in China", responding to earlier criticism. The BBC's Pa... | Who stated that Chinese people could access the BBC news website after years of not being able to? | {
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"Paul Danahar"
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318
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56db78b8e7c41114004b5172 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 19, the BBC reported that 1,300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London, protesting against what they described as Western media bias. Several days earlier, the BBC had published an article entitled "The challenges of reporting in China", responding to earlier criticism. The BBC's Pa... | How many people gathered in protest at these two buildings? | {
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"1,300"
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35
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} |
56db78b8e7c41114004b5173 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 19, the BBC reported that 1,300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London, protesting against what they described as Western media bias. Several days earlier, the BBC had published an article entitled "The challenges of reporting in China", responding to earlier criticism. The BBC's Pa... | Who commented that Chinese people can look at the BBC news site for the first time? | {
"text": [
"Paul Danahar"
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"answer_start": [
318
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} |
56db78b8e7c41114004b5174 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 19, the BBC reported that 1,300 people had gathered outside BBC buildings in Manchester and London, protesting against what they described as Western media bias. Several days earlier, the BBC had published an article entitled "The challenges of reporting in China", responding to earlier criticism. The BBC's Pa... | Where is BBC banned from reporting? | {
"text": [
"Tibet"
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"answer_start": [
630
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} |
56d98814dc89441400fdb4fa | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 20, the People's Daily published a report entitled "Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage, for Olympics". It included images of Chinese people demonstrating in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. One picture showed Chinese demonstrators holding a sign which claimed, incorr... | Who published "Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage" on April 20? | {
"text": [
"People's Daily"
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"answer_start": [
17
]
} |
56db78e9e7c41114004b5179 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 20, the People's Daily published a report entitled "Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage, for Olympics". It included images of Chinese people demonstrating in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. One picture showed Chinese demonstrators holding a sign which claimed, incorr... | Which publication published a report about the Chinese rallying against media bias? | {
"text": [
"People's Daily"
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17
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} |
56d98886dc89441400fdb4fe | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 4, it was reported that the Chinese government appeared to be running an anti-CNN website that criticizes the cable network’s coverage of recent events. The site claims to have been created by a Beijing citizen. However, foreign correspondents in Beijing voiced suspicions that Anti-cnn may be a semi-government... | What was the Chinese government reported running on April 4? | {
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"an anti-CNN website"
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"answer_start": [
79
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} |
56d98886dc89441400fdb4ff | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 4, it was reported that the Chinese government appeared to be running an anti-CNN website that criticizes the cable network’s coverage of recent events. The site claims to have been created by a Beijing citizen. However, foreign correspondents in Beijing voiced suspicions that Anti-cnn may be a semi-government... | Who supposedly created the site? | {
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"a Beijing citizen."
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"answer_start": [
202
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} |
56db792ce7c41114004b517e | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 4, it was reported that the Chinese government appeared to be running an anti-CNN website that criticizes the cable network’s coverage of recent events. The site claims to have been created by a Beijing citizen. However, foreign correspondents in Beijing voiced suspicions that Anti-cnn may be a semi-government... | Who takes credit for creating the site? | {
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"a Beijing citizen."
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202
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} |
56db792ce7c41114004b517f | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | On April 4, it was reported that the Chinese government appeared to be running an anti-CNN website that criticizes the cable network’s coverage of recent events. The site claims to have been created by a Beijing citizen. However, foreign correspondents in Beijing voiced suspicions that Anti-cnn may be a semi-government... | Who felt that the government was involved in the website? | {
"text": [
"foreign correspondents"
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"answer_start": [
230
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} |
56d98906dc89441400fdb502 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | How many attendants accompanied the flame during it's travels? | {
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"30"
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60
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} |
56d98906dc89441400fdb503 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | When were the 30 team members sworn in? | {
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"August 2007"
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"answer_start": [
282
]
} |
56d98906dc89441400fdb505 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | What were their official team outfits? | {
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"matching blue tracksuits"
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"answer_start": [
472
]
} |
56d98906dc89441400fdb506 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | Which team member has his own fan following? | {
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"Second Right Brother"
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"answer_start": [
597
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} |
56db7a68e7c41114004b5183 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | How many attendants were used from the People's Armed Police for the flame's entire journey? | {
"text": [
"30"
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"answer_start": [
60
]
} |
56db7a68e7c41114004b5185 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | When were these 30 sworn in? | {
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"August 2007"
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"answer_start": [
282
]
} |
56db7a68e7c41114004b5186 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | What did these 30 attendants wear? | {
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"blue tracksuits"
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481
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} |
56db7a68e7c41114004b5187 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee sent out a team of 30 unarmed attendants selected from the People's Armed Police to escort the flame throughout its journey. According to Asian Times, sworn in as the "Beijing Olympic Games Sacred Flame Protection Unit" during a ceremony in August 2007, their main job is to keep... | What is the attendant who has a large fan base called? | {
"text": [
"Second Right Brother"
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"answer_start": [
597
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} |
56d98998dc89441400fdb518 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | Which French company was boycotted? | {
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"Carrefour"
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"answer_start": [
45
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} |
56d98998dc89441400fdb519 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | Carrefour was boycotted because of which shareholder? | {
"text": [
"LVMH Group"
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"answer_start": [
232
]
} |
56d98998dc89441400fdb51a | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | Who was the LVMH Group accused of supporting? | {
"text": [
"the Dalai Lama"
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"answer_start": [
265
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} |
56d98998dc89441400fdb51b | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | What was burned during these boycotts? | {
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"the French flag"
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688
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} |
56db7bd2e7c41114004b5192 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | Who was accused of helping the Dalai Lama? | {
"text": [
"LVMH Group"
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"answer_start": [
232
]
} |
56db7bd2e7c41114004b5193 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In China, a call to boycott French hypermart Carrefour from May 1 began spreading through mobile text messaging and online chat rooms amongst the Chinese over the weekend from April 12, accusing the company's major shareholder, the LVMH Group, of donating funds to the Dalai Lama. There were also calls to extend the boy... | Boycotters accused France of being pro-seccessionist and what? | {
"text": [
"anti-Chinese racism."
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"answer_start": [
582
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} |
56d98a32dc89441400fdb522 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | The Chinese government tried to tamper the boycott, trying to avoid a similar outcome to which protests in 2005? | {
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"anti-Japanese protests"
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"answer_start": [
194
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} |
56d98a32dc89441400fdb523 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | Which newspaper urged citizens to protest peacefully? | {
"text": [
"People's Daily"
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"answer_start": [
307
]
} |
56d98a32dc89441400fdb524 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | Which website had mentions of the Carrefour boycott removed by the government? | {
"text": [
"Sohu.com"
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"answer_start": [
554
]
} |
56d98a32dc89441400fdb525 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | When did protests in front of Carrefour's stores occur in China? | {
"text": [
"May 1"
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953
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} |
56db7c39e7c41114004b519b | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | The Chinese government did not want a repeat of what protests? | {
"text": [
"the anti-Japanese protests in 2005."
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190
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} |
56db7c39e7c41114004b519c | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | Which newspaper asked the Chinese people to protest peacefully? | {
"text": [
"People's Daily"
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"answer_start": [
307
]
} |
56db7c39e7c41114004b519d | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | Who removed Carrefour boycott comments from some websites? | {
"text": [
"the Chinese government"
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"answer_start": [
35
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} |
56db7c39e7c41114004b519f | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In response to the demonstrations, the Chinese government attempted to calm the situation, possibly fearing the protests may spiral out of control as has happened in recent years, including the anti-Japanese protests in 2005. State media and commentaries began to call for calm, such as an editorial in the People's Dail... | What day did protests occur in front of Carrefour stores? | {
"text": [
"May 1."
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"answer_start": [
953
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} |
56d98b11dc89441400fdb534 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee o... | Who was the mayor of Nagano? | {
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"Shoichi Washizawa"
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31
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} |
56d98b11dc89441400fdb535 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee o... | How did Washizawa refer to the city having the torch relay? | {
"text": [
"great nuisance"
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"answer_start": [
76
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} |
56d98b11dc89441400fdb536 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee o... | What was vandalized after a relay event was cancelled there? | {
"text": [
"a major Buddhist temple"
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659
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} |
56db7c94e7c41114004b51a5 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee o... | Who was the mayor of Nagano? | {
"text": [
"Shoichi Washizawa"
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"answer_start": [
31
]
} |
56db7c94e7c41114004b51a6 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee o... | What did he call the opportunity for Nagano to host the torch event? | {
"text": [
"great nuisance"
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"answer_start": [
76
]
} |
56db7c94e7c41114004b51a7 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | In Japan, the Mayor of Nagano, Shoichi Washizawa said that it has become a "great nuisance" for the city to host the torch relay prior to the Nagano leg. Washizawa's aides said the mayor's remark was not criticism about the relay itself but about the potential disruptions and confusion surrounding it. A city employee o... | Where was the inital opening ceremony to be held in Nagano? | {
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"a major Buddhist temple"
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659
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} |
56dafb7de7c41114004b4c03 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Olympic Flame is supposed to remain lit for the whole relay. When the Torch is extinguished at night, on airplanes, in bad weather, or during protests (such as the several occasions in Paris), the Olympic Flame is kept alight in a set of 8 lanterns.[citation needed] | In what is the torch flame kept lit when the torch must be off? | {
"text": [
"lanterns."
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244
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} |
56dafb7de7c41114004b4c04 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | The Olympic Flame is supposed to remain lit for the whole relay. When the Torch is extinguished at night, on airplanes, in bad weather, or during protests (such as the several occasions in Paris), the Olympic Flame is kept alight in a set of 8 lanterns.[citation needed] | The torch is put out at night, on aircraft, during storms and what else? | {
"text": [
"during protests"
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139
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} |
56db74fee7c41114004b5138 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | A union planned to protest at the relay for better living conditions. Hong Kong legislator Michael Mak Kwok-fung and activist Chan Cheong, both members of the League of Social Democrats, were not allowed to enter Macau. | Who was Michael Mak Kwok-fung? | {
"text": [
"Hong Kong legislator"
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"answer_start": [
70
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} |
56db772fe7c41114004b515f | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | Chinese media have also reported on Jin Jing, whom the official Chinese torch relay website described as "heroic" and an "angel", whereas Western media initially gave her little mention – despite a Chinese claim that "Chinese Paralympic athlete Jin Jing has garnered much attention from the media". | Which athlete did the official website call an angel? | {
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36
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} |
56db772fe7c41114004b5160 | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | Chinese media have also reported on Jin Jing, whom the official Chinese torch relay website described as "heroic" and an "angel", whereas Western media initially gave her little mention – despite a Chinese claim that "Chinese Paralympic athlete Jin Jing has garnered much attention from the media". | Which media outlets gave Jin Jing little notice? | {
"text": [
"Western media"
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"answer_start": [
138
]
} |
56db7a9ee7c41114004b518d | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | Two additional teams of 40 attendants each will accompany the flame on its Mainland China route. This arrangement has however sparked several controversies. | How many additional teams will help with the Mainland China route? | {
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"Two"
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0
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56db7a9ee7c41114004b518e | 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay | Two additional teams of 40 attendants each will accompany the flame on its Mainland China route. This arrangement has however sparked several controversies. | How many members are on each of these two teams? | {
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"40"
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24
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} |
57332caa4776f41900660748 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | Despite its imperfection, what are now considered valuable achievements of Principia Mathematica? | {
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57332caa4776f41900660744 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | What is the general consensus of the axioms and inference rules declared in Principia Mathematica? | {
"text": [
"mixed"
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60
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} |
57332caa4776f41900660745 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | Who discovered the incompleteness theorem of 1931? | {
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97
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} |
57332caa4776f41900660746 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | What did the incompleteness theorem of 1931 indicate regarding Principia Mathematica? | {
"text": [
"for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be deduced"
],
"answer_start": [
172
]
} |
57332caa4776f41900660747 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | Why was Gödels finding ironic? | {
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"Gödel could not have come to this conclusion without Whitehead and Russell's book"
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415
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} |
57302ed0947a6a140053d242 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | When was Kurt Godel's incompleteness theorem? | {
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"1931"
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"answer_start": [
136
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} |
57302ed0947a6a140053d243 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | What did Kurt Godel's theorem demonstrate about axioms and the inference rules? | {
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"some truths of mathematics which could not be deduced from them"
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"answer_start": [
274
]
} |
57302ed0947a6a140053d244 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | Godel couldn't have come to his conclusion without what book? | {
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"Principia Mathematica"
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511
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} |
57302ed0947a6a140053d245 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | The ultimate substantive legacy of Principia Mathematica is mixed. It is generally accepted that Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 definitively demonstrated that for any set of axioms and inference rules proposed to encapsulate mathematics, there would in fact be some truths of mathematics which could not be ... | Besides logic and epistemology, what else did Principia Mathematica connect? | {
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"metaphysics"
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793
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} |
57332e96d058e614000b576e | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | What is the origin of the title of the book? | {
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208
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57332e96d058e614000b576f | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | How did Whitehead define "inert ideas"? | {
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"ideas that are disconnected scraps of information, with no application to real life or culture"
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458
]
} |
57332e96d058e614000b5770 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | What was Whitehead's criticism of the use of inert ideas in education? | {
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569
]
} |
57332e96d058e614000b576c | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | When was "The Aims of Education and Other Essays" published? | {
"text": [
"1929"
],
"answer_start": [
51
]
} |
57332e96d058e614000b576d | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | During what periods of time were the essays and address contained in "The Aims of Education and Other Essays" composed? | {
"text": [
"between 1912 and 1927"
],
"answer_start": [
185
]
} |
5730303c04bcaa1900d7731b | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | What year was The Aims of Education and Other Essays published? | {
"text": [
"1929"
],
"answer_start": [
51
]
} |
5730303c04bcaa1900d7731c | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | What was the Aims of Education and Other Essays comprised of? | {
"text": [
"numerous essays and addresses"
],
"answer_start": [
117
]
} |
5730303c04bcaa1900d7731d | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead's most complete work on education is the 1929 book The Aims of Education and Other Essays, which collected numerous essays and addresses by Whitehead on the subject published between 1912 and 1927. The essay from which Aims of Education derived its name was delivered as an address in 1916 when Whitehead was p... | What teaching did Whitehead caution against teaching? | {
"text": [
"inert ideas"
],
"answer_start": [
443
]
} |
573330eb4776f41900660762 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | What did Whitehead believe regarding the variety of subjects in education? | {
"text": [
"Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts"
],
"answer_start": [
61
]
} |
573330eb4776f41900660763 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | How did Whitehead propose that students would expand their knowledge beyond the subjects taught in school? | {
"text": [
"important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life"
],
"answer_start": [
107
]
} |
573330eb4776f41900660764 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | What was Whitehead's general opinion of what the school model should be? | {
"text": [
"For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisciplinary, value-free school model"
],
"answer_start": [
250
]
} |
573330eb4776f41900660765 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | What was Whitehead's opinion on the inclusion of values and general principles in education? | {
"text": [
"it should be transdisciplinary, and laden with values and general principles that provide students with a bedrock of wisdom"
],
"answer_start": [
356
]
} |
57303159a23a5019007fcf51 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | Whitehead's education style was to teach what? | {
"text": [
"a relatively few important concepts"
],
"answer_start": [
90
]
} |
57303159a23a5019007fcf52 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | What should Whitehead's students organically link due to his teaching methods? | {
"text": [
"different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life."
],
"answer_start": [
174
]
} |
57303159a23a5019007fcf53 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Rather than teach small parts of a large number of subjects, Whitehead advocated teaching a relatively few important concepts that the student could organically link to many different areas of knowledge, discovering their application in actual life. For Whitehead, education should be the exact opposite of the multidisc... | Whitehead believed education should be the opposite of what? | {
"text": [
"value-free school model"
],
"answer_start": [
330
]
} |
573332b94776f4190066077e | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What was the extent of Whitehead's education in philosophy? | {
"text": [
"he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education"
],
"answer_start": [
62
]
} |
573332b94776f41900660780 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What was Whitehead's opinion of his own knowledge of metaphysics in that correspondence? | {
"text": [
"\"This further question lands us in the ocean of metaphysic, onto which my profound ignorance of that science forbids me to enter.\""
],
"answer_start": [
451
]
} |
573332b94776f41900660781 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | How did Whitehead eventually become regarded in the field of metaphysics? | {
"text": [
"in later life Whitehead would become one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians"
],
"answer_start": [
594
]
} |
573332b94776f4190066077f | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | With what friend and former student did Whitehead correspond regarding the goals of science? | {
"text": [
"Bertrand Russell"
],
"answer_start": [
343
]
} |
57303233a23a5019007fcf57 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What is the highest Whitehead was trained in philosophy? | {
"text": [
"undergraduate"
],
"answer_start": [
120
]
} |
57303233a23a5019007fcf59 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What is the relationship between Whitehead and Russell? | {
"text": [
"friend and former student"
],
"answer_start": [
317
]
} |
57303233a23a5019007fcf58 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What did Whitehead consider himself as a philosopher? | {
"text": [
"rank amateur"
],
"answer_start": [
282
]
} |
57303233a23a5019007fcf5a | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead did not begin his career as a philosopher. In fact, he never had any formal training in philosophy beyond his undergraduate education. Early in his life he showed great interest in and respect for philosophy and metaphysics, but it is evident that he considered himself a rank amateur. In one letter to his fri... | What was Whitehead considered as a metaphysician? | {
"text": [
"one of the 20th century's foremost metaphysicians."
],
"answer_start": [
631
]
} |
5733349d4776f41900660790 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What quotation of Whitehead's was noted by a student in 1927? | {
"text": [
"\"Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized.\""
],
"answer_start": [
128
]
} |
5733349d4776f41900660791 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What was Whitehead's opinion of basic assumptions in metaphysics? | {
"text": [
"such assumptions are not easily seen precisely because they remain unexamined and unquestioned"
],
"answer_start": [
413
]
} |
5733349d4776f41900660792 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What did Whitehead feel was necessary regarding basic assumptions in metaphysics? | {
"text": [
"people need to continually re-imagine their basic assumptions about how the universe works if philosophy and science are to make any real progress"
],
"answer_start": [
646
]
} |
5733349d4776f41900660793 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What was Whitehead's opinion of metaphysical investigations? | {
"text": [
"Whitehead regarded metaphysical investigations as essential to both good science and good philosophy"
],
"answer_start": [
864
]
} |
5730938d069b53140083219d | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What do philosophers do, in Whitehead's view? | {
"text": [
"make metaphysical assumptions about how the universe works"
],
"answer_start": [
336
]
} |
5730938d069b53140083219e | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | Assumptions of how the universe works are difficult to see precisely because of what? | {
"text": [
"they remain unexamined and unquestioned"
],
"answer_start": [
468
]
} |
5730938d069b53140083219f | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What did Whitehead ask people to reimagine in order for philosophy to make progress? | {
"text": [
"basic assumptions about how the universe works"
],
"answer_start": [
690
]
} |
5730938d069b5314008321a0 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Whitehead was unimpressed by this objection. In the notes of one his students for a 1927 class, Whitehead was quoted as saying: "Every scientific man in order to preserve his reputation has to say he dislikes metaphysics. What he means is he dislikes having his metaphysics criticized." In Whitehead's view, scientists a... | What did Whitehead regard as essential to good science and good philosophy? | {
"text": [
"metaphysical investigations"
],
"answer_start": [
883
]
} |
573338734776f419006607a2 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | What Cartesian concept did Whitehead believe to be erroneous? | {
"text": [
"reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another"
],
"answer_start": [
109
]
} |
573338734776f419006607a3 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | What theory did Whitehead prefer to the Cartesian concept? | {
"text": [
"event-based or \"process\" ontology in which events are primary and are fundamentally interrelated and dependent on one another"
],
"answer_start": [
246
]
} |
573338734776f419006607a4 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | How did whitehead define "experience"? | {
"text": [
"He used the term \"experience\" very broadly, so that even inanimate processes such as electron collisions are said to manifest some degree of experience"
],
"answer_start": [
522
]
} |
573338734776f419006607a5 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | How did Descartes' distinguish types of existence? | {
"text": [
"two different kinds of real existence, either exclusively material or else exclusively mental"
],
"answer_start": [
725
]
} |
573338734776f419006607a6 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | How did Whitehead identify his system of metaphysics? | {
"text": [
"\"philosophy of organism\""
],
"answer_start": [
869
]
} |
5730956e396df919000961c2 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | What idea states that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter? | {
"text": [
"Cartesian idea"
],
"answer_start": [
89
]
} |
5730956e396df919000961c3 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | Whitehead rejected the Cartesian idea in favor of what? | {
"text": [
"an event-based or \"process\" ontology"
],
"answer_start": [
243
]
} |
5730956e396df919000961c4 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | Whitehead believed instead of matter existing independently of each other, it did what? | {
"text": [
"interrelated and dependent"
],
"answer_start": [
330
]
} |
5730956e396df919000961c5 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | Whitehead believed that reality should be regarded as what? | {
"text": [
"experiential"
],
"answer_start": [
451
]
} |
5730956e396df919000961c6 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | Perhaps foremost among what Whitehead considered faulty metaphysical assumptions was the Cartesian idea that reality is fundamentally constructed of bits of matter that exist totally independently of one another, which he rejected in favor of an event-based or "process" ontology in which events are primary and are fund... | Whitehead's system as "philosophy of organism" became widely known as what term? | {
"text": [
"process philosophy"
],
"answer_start": [
937
]
} |
57333fbad058e614000b57d6 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic. These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. They are useful abstractions, but are not the world's basic building blo... | How did Whitehead define the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness"? | {
"text": [
"By assuming that enduring objects are the most real and fundamental things in the universe, materialists have mistaken the abstract for the concrete"
],
"answer_start": [
712
]
} |
57333fbad058e614000b57d2 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic. These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. They are useful abstractions, but are not the world's basic building blo... | What basic concepts did Whitehead believe were questionable? | {
"text": [
"\"quality\", \"matter\", and \"form\""
],
"answer_start": [
44
]
} |
57333fbad058e614000b57d3 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic. These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. They are useful abstractions, but are not the world's basic building blo... | Why did he believe those concepts were inaccurate? | {
"text": [
"These \"classical\" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world."
],
"answer_start": [
93
]
} |
57333fbad058e614000b57d4 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic. These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. They are useful abstractions, but are not the world's basic building blo... | How did Whitehead classify what is usually seen as an individual person? | {
"text": [
"a continuum of overlapping events"
],
"answer_start": [
423
]
} |
57333fbad058e614000b57d5 | Alfred_North_Whitehead | In Whitehead's view, then, concepts such as "quality", "matter", and "form" are problematic. These "classical" concepts fail to adequately account for change, and overlook the active and experiential nature of the most basic elements of the world. They are useful abstractions, but are not the world's basic building blo... | How did Whitehead refer to the combination of a person's separate experiences? | {
"text": [
"a \"society\" of events"
],
"answer_start": [
689
]
} |
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