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  2. Ludwig Wittgenstein - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of life, i.e. the meaning of the world, we can call God. And connect with this the comparison of God to a father. To pray is to think about the meaning of life. [162] and on 8 July that . To believe in God means to understand the meaning of life. To believe in God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter.

  3. MacGuffin - Wikipedia

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    The use of a MacGuffin as a plot device predates the name MacGuffin. The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend has been cited as an early example of a MacGuffin. The Holy Grail is the desired object that is essential to initiate and advance the plot, but the final disposition of the Grail is never revealed, suggesting that the object is not of significance in itself. [8]

  4. Frege's puzzles - Wikipedia

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    Frege's puzzles are puzzles about the semantics of proper names, although related puzzles also arise in the case of indexicals. Gottlob Frege (1848–1925) introduced the puzzle at the beginning of his article "Über Sinn und Bedeutung" ("On Sense and Reference") in 1892 in one of the most influential articles in analytic philosophy and philosophy of language.

  5. List of impossible puzzles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of puzzles that cannot be solved. An impossible puzzle is a puzzle that cannot be resolved, either due to lack of sufficient information, or any number of logical impossibilities. Kookrooster maken 23; 15 Puzzle – Slide fifteen numbered tiles into numerical order. It is impossible to solve in half of the starting positions.

  6. Situation puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Usually, situation puzzles are played in a group, with one person hosting the puzzle and the others asking questions which can only be answered with a "yes" or "no" answer. Depending upon the settings and level of difficulty, other answers, hints or simple explanations of why the answer is yes or no, may be considered acceptable.

  7. Puzzle - Wikipedia

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    A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together ( or take them apart ) in a logical way, in order to find the solution of the puzzle.

  8. Riddle - Wikipedia

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    A riddle is a statement, question, or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the ...

  9. Puzzle mystery - Wikipedia

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    The puzzle mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction where the emphasis is on the "whodunnit" aspect. The entire novel or film is oriented to the puzzle and its ...