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15 maj 2007 · This survey starts off with recent work that addresses the first, abstract (or “meta”) question regarding the sense of talk of “life’s meaning,” i.e., that aims to clarify what we have in mind when inquiring into the meaning of life (section 1).
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What Solomon has in mind is the way in which, through love,...
- Death
This article considers several questions concerning the...
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To concentrate on these activities one must be appropriately...
- Intrinsic Vs. Extrinsic Value
Intrinsic value has traditionally been thought to lie at the...
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Philosophy of mind, philosophical reflection on the nature of mental phenomena and especially on the relation of the mind to the body and to the rest of the physical world. It is specifically concerned with the nature of thought, feeling, perception, consciousness, and sensory experience.
15 maj 2007 · Among those who believe that a significant existence can be had in a world as known by science, there is debate about two things: the extent to which the human mind constitutes meaning and whether there are any standards for meaning that are invariant among human beings.
20 kwi 2022 · Some suggest that talk of ‘life’s meaning’ is about: pursuing what is worthy of awe and devotion (Taylor 1989, 3–90); seeking out non-trivial purposes (Trisel 2007), perhaps ones beyond our own happiness; leading a life worth living (Landau 2017, 9–12, 15–16); doing what merits esteem or admiration (Kauppinen 2015; cf. Metz 2001 ...
This paper will focus on the first type of argument about the formal concept of meaning. I claim that existential meaning is a valuable connection between a life and something valuable. I draw this concept mainly from the work of Robert Nozick, who claims meaning arises as a person seeks to connect to external values.
20 kwi 2022 · 1. Human Incompleteness. The once off-limits topic of the meaning of life has become something of a philosophical industry. But bringing it within the acceptable limits of today’s dominant naturalist and secularist paradigm has led to a characteristic shift of emphasis.
20 sie 2022 · The author establishes the relationship between 14 essential “modes of mind” and human values and shows how these modes provide the basis for philosophical theories of the meaning of life and psychological research concerning life-meaning.
