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ENG 221 Final

TermDefinition
Wonder A feeling of surprise mingled with admiration caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.
Forest bathing Prescribe that you need to go for a walk and unplug.
The problem of evil If God is benevolent, why would he create a universe in which there is destruction.
Transcendentalism. American philosophical movement that emerged in the 1830s; first notable American intellectual movement
Elements of Transcendentalism People and nature are good. Civilization and institutions have corrupted humanity. Solitude is important. Subjective experience > objective truth Anyone can be a mystic. Idealistic/not so pragmatic
Mystic a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into God or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.
Satire the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics.
Euphemism a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Anthropomorphize attribute human characteristics to non-human creatures (shrimp) or entities (mountains).
Sentience the capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectivity (as a distinct individual).
Reason the capacity to make sense of things, to think logically, and establish/verify facts.
Personhood the status of a being with certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness, or self-consciousness, and having social relations.
Ecofeminism branch of feminism that sees environmentalism, and the relationship between women and the earth, as foundational to its analysis and practice.
Sadism the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
Caduceus symbol of medicine. Snakes are intertwined with each other.
Carrying Capacity the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.
Carbon footprint your activity that contributes to the earth's ecosystem.
Shifting baselines 1) chronic, slow, hard-to-notice changes in things. 2) a type of change to how a system is measured, usually against previous reference points (baselines), which themselves may represent significant changes from an even earlier state of the system.
Thought experiment an experiment carried out only in the imagination; considers some hypothesis, theory or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.
Moore's law prediction that approximately every 2 years computing power doubles.
Afrofuturism a movement in literature, music, art, etc., featuring futuristic or science fiction themes which incorporate elements of black history and culture; the reimagining of a future filled with arts, science, and technology seen through a black lens.
Speculative fiction fiction that departs from reality. Ex: science fiction, fantasy, horror.
Biosphere the parts of the planet inhabited by living organisms.
Nihilism The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.
Anarchy A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of a government.
Human condition The characteristics, key events, and situations which make up the fundamentals of human existence, such as birth, growth, aspiration, conflict, and mortality.
Human nature the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans.
Blight A plant disease
Biophilia The innate desire for humans to be around nature.
Solar geoengineering spraying highly reflective particles of a material, such as sulfur, into the stratosphere in order to deflect sunlight and so cool the planet.
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