The Meaning of Life
This is the term that Samuel Scheffler uses to refer to the continued survival of humans after one’s own death.
What is the afterlife?
"That's no blizzard. That's my sister"
Frozen
This astute theorist of love’s real name was Gloria Watkins.
bell hooks
On May 18, 1954 The New York Times headlined, "High Court Bans School" this divisive practice
segregation
Instead of relying on his memory, Otto relies on this bit of technology to find his way to the Museum of Modern Art.
A notebook
She argues that “meaning in life arises when subjective attraction meets objective attractiveness, and one is able to do something about it or with it”/
Susan Wolf
"A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face"
Pinocchio
Thi Nguyen says this is what you’re trapped in when “you don’t hear people from the other side.”
Epistemic Bubble
In May 1940 he became prime minister & began inspiring the British people
Churchill
This is the name of the thesis that the mind is not confined by the boundaries of skin and skull.
extended mind
According to Thomas Nagel, this consists of the conspicuous discrepancy between the seriousness with which we take our lives and the possibility of seeing everything we value as arbitrary.
the absurd
"We are all connected in the great circle of life"
The Lion King
The work in which Rene Descartes attempts to rebuild his belief system has this title.
The Meditations
In 1981 Ananda Chakrabarty received a patent for a life form made of just 1 this
cell
This is Parfit’s first name.
Derek
In Greek mythology, this mortal is cursed to push a boulder up a hill for eternity.
Sisyphus
"I shall call him Squishy & he shall be mine. & he shall be my Squishy. Come here, Squishy"
Finding Nemo
Thi Nguyen says this is what you’re trapped in when “you don’t trust people from the other side.”
Echo Chamber
John, Paul, George & Ringo arrived in the U.S., bringing this 11-letter contagion
beatlemania
This isn’t a math term, it’s another term for personal identity.
numerical identity
This novel and movie depicts a future in which human beings are no longer able to reproduce.
Children of Men
"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind"
Lilo and Stitch
St. Anselm’s argument for the existence of god is known as this argument.
Ontological
In 1949 mainland China became a Communist state with this man as its leader
Mao Zedong
She is often cited as the first computer scientist, and inspired one of the objections Turing considers.