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   Most analytic philosophers have been interested in meaning in life, that is, in the meaningfulness that a person’s life could exhibit, with comparatively few these days addressing the meaning of life in the narrow sense. Even those who believe that God is or would be central to life’s meaning have lately

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   Thaddeus Metz. University of Pretoria. References (108) Abstract. Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to the question of what, if anything, makes life...

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   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...

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   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 ...

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   There are several different models and theories of what meaning in life is. Scholars have argued that meaning is making sense of life (Battista & Almond, 1973), and also that there is an affective quality to meaning (Reker & Wong, 1988); that meaning in pri-marily nurtured by goal-directed behavior (Klinger, 1977; Ryff & Singer, 1998); that ...

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   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. Recent work by Susan Wolf, Thaddeus Metz, Aaron Smuts, and others has brought new attention and respectability ...

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   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.

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   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.

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   What is the value of a purposeful life?

   • The value of a purposeful life: Sense of purpose predicts greater income and net worth. J. Res. Personal.65: 38–42 HockingWE.1957. The Meaning of Immortality in Human Experience Westport, CT: Greenwood HookerS, PostR, ShermanM2020. Awareness of meaning in life is protective against burnout among family physicians: a CERA study.

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   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.

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   What is life's meaning?

   • Specifically, as noted earlier, life’s meaning is often by definition thought to be characterized by the superlative final values of the good, the true, and the beautiful. However, some philosophers have recently come to disagree with this common-sense view.

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   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).

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   Meaning in life has long been a mystery of human existence. In this review, we seek to demystify this construct. Focusing on the subjective experience of meaning in life, we review how it has been measured and briefly describe its correlates.