Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. philpapers.org › archive › METTMO-19The Meaning of Life (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

   philpapers.org › archive › METTMO-19

   Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to the question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although they typically have not put it in these terms (with such talk having arisen only in the past 250 years or so, on which see Landau 1997).

2. www.researchgate.net › publication › 331859760(PDF) Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study - ResearchGate

   www.researchgate.net › publication › 331859760

   Jan 1, 2013 · Using systematic, critical discussion of recent Anglo-American philosophical literature as a springboard, Thaddeus Metz’s Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study defends several original claims...

   • Author: Thaddeus Metz

3. academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 412761 The Concept of Life’s Meaning - Oxford Academic

   academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 41276

   • Cached

   Apr 20, 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 ...

4. www.academia.edu › 32646328 › The_Meaning_of_Life(PDF) The Meaning of Life | Gregory Bassham - Academia.edu

   www.academia.edu › 32646328 › The_Meaning_of_Life

   • Cached

   The Meaning of Life: The Four Basic Options There are four main options when it comes to the meaning of life: No human lives have meaning; human existence is inherently absurd and meaningless (existential nihilism).

   • Author: Gregory Bassham

5. www.researchgate.net › publication › 327382061_The(PDF) The Meaning of Life - ResearchGate

   www.researchgate.net › publication › 327382061_The

   Article PDF Available. The Meaning of Life. June 2013. Authors: Thaddeus Metz. University of Pretoria. References (108) Abstract. Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an...

6. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullLife Meaning and Sign Meaning: Philosophical Papers: Vol 47 ...

   www.tandfonline.com › doi › full

   Sep 17, 2018 · Abstract. Philosophers once dismissed questions about meaning in life as conceptually confused. Only language and related phenomena, it was thought, can have meaning; thus, to ask about the meaning of life is to misapply the concept.

7. People also ask

   Are all our lives meaningless?

   • However, most recent discussions of meaning in life are attempts to capture in a single principle all the variegated conditions that can confer meaning on life. This survey focuses heavily on the articulation and evaluation of these theories of what would make life meaningful. It concludes by that all our lives are meaningless. 1.

   (PDF) The Meaning of Life | ResearchGate

   www.researchgate.net/publication/327382061_The_Meaning_of_Life

   See all results for this question

   What is a meaningful life?

   • ‘A meaningful life is a full and productive life’—sure. ‘The purpose of life is to pursue the task of giving meaning to life’—thanks a lot. ‘The meaning of life is love’—yawn. ‘The meaning of life is spiritual perfection’—the upward and onward trip.

   (PDF) The Meaning of Life | Gregory Bassham - Academia.edu

   www.academia.edu/32646328/The_Meaning_of_Life

   See all results for this question

   Should the standard view of human life be revised?

   • He concludes that the standard view should be revised to accommodate judgements that animal lives can exhibit a limited meaning, groups of human persons can exhibit substantial meaning, and there is a difference between mundane and great meaning possible in the life of a person.

   1 The Concept of Life’s Meaning - Oxford Academic

   academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41276/chapter/351574345

   See all results for this question

   Is there any literature on meaning in life?

   • T o the best of my knowledge, the undertaken by contemporary Anglo-Amer ican analytic philosophers. through and ev aluate on its own. There is, of course, also literature on meaning in life and there, but not in any thorough way. Although Ihave w orked to make this book it is by a philosopher about philosophy for philosophers. patchwork of essays.

   (PDF) Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study - ResearchGate

   www.researchgate.net/publication/331859760_Meaning_in_Life_An_Analytic_Study

   See all results for this question

   Is “meaning in life” a resemblance to a choice-worthy idea?

   • In that case, it could be that resemblances (Metz 2013, ch. 2). Perhaps when we speak of “meaning in life,” we have in mind one or particularly choice-worthy. Another possibility is that talk of “meaning in life” fails to exhibit even this degree of unity, and is instead a grab-bag of heterogenous ideas (Mawson 2010; Oakley 2010).

   (PDF) The Meaning of Life | ResearchGate

   www.researchgate.net/publication/327382061_The_Meaning_of_Life

   See all results for this question

   Is a meaningless life worth living?

   • claim that a meaningless life full of animal pleasures would be worth living. Furthermore, it seems that 1980), unreasonable (Baier 1997, ch. 5), futile (Trisel 2002), or wasted (Kamm 2003, 210–14) life. life's meaning is. Knowing that meaningfulness analytically concerns a variable and gradient final good in certain amount of common ground.

   (PDF) The Meaning of Life | ResearchGate

   www.researchgate.net/publication/327382061_The_Meaning_of_Life

   See all results for this question

8. www.academia.edu › 71350702 › Exploring_the_Meaning(PDF) Exploring the Meaning of Life: An Anthology and Guide ...

   www.academia.edu › 71350702 › Exploring_the_Meaning

   • Cached

   Against the backdrop of the problem of the meaning of life as constructed in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion, this article asks the question of what the supposed meaning(s) of the biblical character of Moses' life were assumed to be.