Perdurantism considers a person as not just a body in a specific time and place. A person is a collection—the set of all the moments, or episodes, of his or her existence, bundled together. […]
From the way identity is explored in Sci-fi, it seems that psychological continuity can exist without singular identity, and that identity can persist without psychological continuity. […]
According to one character in “Dark City”, the Strangers are trading out memories in people, because they are looking for “the human soul”—what they think gives us our individuality. […]
The film ‘Arrival’ supports the strong form of the Sapir-Whorf theory, by showing how the protagonist’s view of reality is transformed after learning an alien language. […]
The problem of radical translation is that someone may never be really sure that their translation is accurate. This problem would be much more acute when translating a truly alien language. […]
The Drake equation has a large number of unknown variables, which can only be estimated. It tells us that either the possibility of alien civilization in our galaxy is rare or that all advanced civilizations self-destruct before contacting others. […]
Compatibilism is a theory that tries to reconcile the notion of determinism and free will. But it seems that the theory of compatibilism suffers from logical inconsistencies. […]
The second and third movies in “The Matrix” franchise mostly deal with the philosophical notions of foreknowledge, free will, and determinism. […]
Over two millennia, philosophers suggested many theories to solve the riddle of free will. “The Matrix” sequels try to answer this question and reclaim human free will. […]
“The Matrix: Reloaded” and “The Matrix: Revolutions” leave us with baffling questions about free will and determinism. These questions can be traced back to the the 6th century. […]
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