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Nov 10, 2015 · Nozick himself argues for meaning of life to be tied to the unlimited, rather than accepting that any possible meaning is sufficent for the meaning of life. In transcending the limits of the individual life, a person can find meaning in life.
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. Instead of the meaning of life, most attention is now focused on meaning in life. The result ...
The meaning of life is what you can wish to happen in the most favourable case in an unforeseeably faraway future, without having to rely on a God (or something alike), a hereafter or the immateriality of your own person, and the attempt of contributing in the most effective way to its fulfilment.
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Jan 1, 2020 · One trend in contemporary discussions of the topic, ‘the meaning of life.’ is to emphasize what might be termed its subjective dimension. That is, it is widely recognized that ‘the meaning of life’ is not something that simply could be presented to an individual, regardless of how he/she felt about it.
‘What is the meaning of life?’ is one of those Big Questions about Ultimate Things that recent philosophers have so often been accused of neglecting. It may invite the retort that the meaning of our lives is what we care to give them; we cannot expect meanings to be handed to us on a plate, and even if they were, what use would they be to us?
After showing how recent analytic work on “the meaning of life” has conflated the traditional question with issues of social meaningfulness, it offers an explanation of why the traditional question has become marginalised in philosophy.
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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 ...
