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Do you believe that the question of whether our lives have meaning can be settled merely by appealing to events that occur during them¾or could events that occur after our lives affect their meaning? For example,suppose that a person spent her life writing a novel that her friend promised to publish posthumously,but as soon as she died her friend destroyed it.Would the posthumous destruction of her work affect the meaning of the novelist's life in any way? Argue for your view here.


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Displacement

The quality of language that permits one to communicate information about objects and events in another time and place.

Language Acquisition Device

A hypothetical module in the human brain posited by Noam Chomsky, suggesting that the ability to learn language is innate to humans.

Nativist Approach

A theory suggesting that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut used in problem-solving and decision-making where the likelihood of an event is estimated based on how closely it resembles the typical case.

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