Ship of Theseus Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
Temporal Tangle
Put the events in order from earliest to latest.
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Scribe's Challenge
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Translator's Test
Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
Echo Chamber
Listen to the word and choose the correct English translation.
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Lexicon Links
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Memory Glyphs
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Rune Ravel
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Enchanter's Quest
Take the Quiz - Challenge your recall of the key facts and figures.
Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
In the game “Ship of Theseus,” players are challenged to navigate a complex narrative by arranging events in their correct chronological order, much like the philosophical thought experiment of the same name.
- Players must carefully analyze each event to determine its place in the timeline.
- Correctly ordering the events will reveal the full story and lead to a deeper understanding of the narrative.
Need a Hint? View the Facts
- Ancient times: Ship of Theseus constructed by Theseus, legendary king of Athens
- Ancient times: Ship used in many battles and voyages, becoming famous throughout Greece
- Ancient times: Ship undergoes repairs and replacements of individual parts over time
- Unknown: All original parts of the Ship of Theseus have been replaced
- 1st century AD: Philosopher Plutarch raises question of identity of the Ship of Theseus
- 17th century: Philosopher Thomas Hobbes references the Ship of Theseus in his writings
- 17th century: Philosopher John Locke discusses identity and personal identity using the Ship of Theseus
- 18th century: Philosopher David Hume explores the concept of personal identity through the Ship of Theseus
- 18th century: Philosopher George Berkeley debates the Ship of Theseus in his work on metaphysics
- 18th century: Philosopher Immanuel Kant includes the Ship of Theseus in his writings on metaphysics
- 19th century: Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer discusses the Ship of Theseus in relation to the self
- 19th century: Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche references the Ship of Theseus in his work on eternal recurrence
- 20th century: Philosopher Martin Heidegger explores the Ship of Theseus in his existentialist philosophy
- 20th century: Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein uses the Ship of Theseus in his investigations into language and meaning
- Present day: Contemporary philosophers continue to debate the Ship of Theseus and its implications for personal identity