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Timestamp: 2024-09-22 06:46:16 || [{'title': 'The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy', 'summary': 'The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy...', 'url': 'https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/', 'extracted_content': 'Entry Contents Bibliography Academic Tools Friends PDF Preview Author and Citation Info Back to Top The Meaning of Life Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to\nthe question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although\nthey typically have not put it in these terms (with such talk having\narisen only in the past 250 years or so, on which see\xa0Landau\n1997). Consider, for instance, Aristotle on the human function,\nAquinas on the beatific vision, and Kant on the highest good.\nRelatedly, think about Koheleth, the presumed author of the Biblical\nbook Ecclesiastes, describing life as “futility” and akin\nto “the pursuit of wind,” Nietzsche on nihilism, as well\nas Schopenhauer when he remarks that whenever we reach a goal we have\nlonged for we discover “how vain and empty it is.” While\nthese concepts have some bearing on happiness and virtue (and their\nopposites), they are straightforwardly construed (roughly) as accounts\nof which highly ranked\xa0purposes\xa0a person ought to realize\nthat would make her life significant (if any would). Despite the venerable pedigree, it is only since the 1980s or so that\na distinct field of the meaning of life has been established in\nAnglo-American-Australasian philosophy, on which this survey focuses,\nand it is only in the past 20 years that debate with real depth and\nintricacy has appeared. Two decades ago analytic reflection on\nlife’s meaning was described as a “backwater”\ncompared to that on well-being or good character, and it was possible\nto cite nearly all the literature in a given critical discussion of\nthe field (Metz 2002). Neither is true any longer.\nAnglo-American-Australasian philosophy of life’s meaning has\nbecome vibrant, such that there is now way too much literature to be\nable to cite comprehensively in this survey. To obtain focus, it tends\nto discuss books, influential essays, and more recent works, and it\nleaves aside contributions from other philosophical traditions (such\nas the Continenta'}, {'title': 'The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy', 'summary': 'The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy...', 'url': 'https://plato.stanford.edu/archivES/FALL2017/Entries/life-meaning/', 'extracted_content': "Entry Contents Bibliography Academic Tools Friends PDF Preview Author and Citation Info Back to Top The Meaning of Life Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to\nthe question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although\nthey typically have not put it in these terms. Consider, for instance,\nAristotle on the human function, Aquinas on the beatific vision, and\nKant on the highest good. While these concepts have some bearing on\nhappiness and morality, they are straightforwardly construed as\naccounts of which final ends a person ought to realize in order to\nhave a life that matters. Despite the venerable pedigree, it is only\nin the last 50 years or so that something approaching a distinct field\non the meaning of life has been established in Anglo-American\nphilosophy, and it is only in the last 30 years that debate with real\ndepth has appeared. Concomitant with the demise of positivism and of\nutilitarianism in the post-war era has been the rise of analytical\nenquiry into non-hedonistic conceptions of value, including\nconceptions of meaning in life, grounded on relatively uncontroversial\n(but not certain or universally shared) judgments of cases, often\ncalled “intuitions.” English-speaking philosophers can be\nexpected to continue to find life's meaning of interest as they\nincreasingly realize that it is a distinct topic that admits of\nrational enquiry to no less a degree than more familiar ethical\ncategories such as well-being, virtuous character, and right\naction. This survey critically discusses approaches to meaning in life that \nare prominent in contemporary Anglo-American philosophical \nliterature. To provide context, sometimes it mentions other texts, \ne.g., in Continental philosophy or from before the 20 th century. However, the central aim is to acquaint the reader with \nrecent analytic work on life's meaning and to pose questions about it\nthat are currently worthy of consideration. When the topic of the meaning of life comes u"}, {'title': 'The Meaning of Life: Contemporary Analytic Perspectives', 'summary': 'The Meaning of Life: Contemporary Analytic Perspectives...', 'url': 'https://iep.utm.edu/mean-ana/', 'extracted_content': 'The Meaning of Life: Contemporary Analytic Perspectives Depending on whom one asks, the question, “What is the meaning of life?” is either the most profound question of human existence or else nothing more than a nonsensical request built on conceptual confusion, much like, “What does the color red taste like?” or “What is heavier than the heaviest object?” Ask a non-philosopher, “What do philosophers discuss?” and a likely answer will be, “The meaning of life.” Ask the same question of a philosopher within the analytic tradition, and you will rarely get this answer. The sources of suspicion about the question within analytic philosophy , especially in earlier periods, are varied. First, the question of life’s meaning is conceptually challenging because of terms like “the” “meaning” and “life,” and especially given the grammatical form in which they are arranged. Second, it is often asked with transcendent, spiritual, or religious assumptions at the fore about what the world “should” be like in order for there to be a meaning of life. In so far as the question is entangled with such ideas, the worry is that even if the concept of a meaning of life is coherent, there likely is not one. Despite such suspicions and relative disinterest in the question of life’s meaning among analytic philosophers for a large part of the twentieth century, there is a growing body of work on the topic over roughly the last two decades. Much of this work focuses on developing and defending theories of meaning in life (see Section 2.d. for more on the distinction between meaning in life and the meaning of life) via conceptual analyses of the necessary and sufficient conditions for meaningful life. A smaller, though no less important, subset of work in this growing field focuses on why we even use “meaning” in the first place to voice our questions and concerns about central facets of the human condition. This article surveys important trajectories in discussions of life’s meaning within co'}]
Timestamp: 2024-09-22 06:46:53 || [{'title': 'A Neuroscientist Tries to Explain The Meaning of Life Based on How ...', 'summary': 'A Neuroscientist Tries to Explain The Meaning of Life Based on How ......', 'url': 'https://www.sciencealert.com/neuroscience-explains-life-s-purpose-is-the-search-for-meaning', 'extracted_content': "A Neuroscientist Tries to Explain The Meaning of Life Based on How Evolution Shaped Our Brains What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living creature is on Earth in just one simple phrase? For me, looking back on 18 years of research into how the human brain handles language, there seems to be only one, solid, resilient thread that prevails over all others. Humanity's purpose rests in the spectacular drive of our minds to extract meaning from the world around us. For many scientists, this drive to find sense guides every step they take, it defines everything that they do or say. Understanding nature and constantly striving to explain its underpinning principles, rules and mechanisms is the essence of the scientist's existence. And this can be considered the most simplified version of their life's purpose. But this isn't something that just applies to the scientifically minded. When examining a healthy sample of human minds using techniques such as brain imaging and EEG , the brain's relentless obsession with extracting meaning from everything has been found in all kinds of people regardless of status, education, or location. Language: a meaning-filled treasure chest Take words, for instance, those mesmerising language units that package meaning with phenomenal density. When you show a word to someone who can read it, they not only retrieve the meaning of it, but all the meanings that this person has ever seen associated with it. They also rely on the meaning of words that resemble that word, and even the meaning of nonsensical words that sound or look like it. And then there are bilinguals, who have the particular fate of having words in different languages for arguably overlapping concepts. Speakers of more than one language automatically access translation in their native language when they encounter a word in their second "}, {'title': 'What Do Scientists Know About Finding a Purpose in Life?', 'summary': 'What Do Scientists Know About Finding a Purpose in Life?...', 'url': 'https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/curious/201502/what-do-scientists-know-about-finding-purpose-in-life', 'extracted_content': "What Do Scientists Know About Finding a Purpose in Life? The psychology of ultimate concerns. Posted February 24, 2015 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Share Tweet Share Email What Is Motivation? Take our Burnout Test Find a therapist near me In nine days, Viktor Frankl wrote about how he survived the German concentration camps. Unlike modern conversations about living the good life, there is nothing about happiness in his work. Uncover a sense of purpose in life and you can survive nearly anything. A profound idea that still awaits scientific evidence. Since then, many have spoken about the importance of a purpose in life. It is the denial of death that is partially responsible for people living empty, purposeless lives; for when you live as if you'll live forever, it becomes too easy to postpone the things you know that you must do. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, mother of the five stages of grief and loss Here lies another question that begs for scientific scrutiny. If someone refuses to discuss/contemplate/experience their inevitable mortality, does this interfere with the ability to develop and benefit from a life purpose? Then there are George Bernard Shaw's thoughts on the topic: This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrapheap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. Another set of questions are raised. Are the pleasures that arise from the pursuit of a purpose in life more potent and enduring than living hedonistically, virtuously, or somewhere in between? Welcome to the psychology of ultimate concerns where one preposition determines whether or not we have moved beyond the province of science (purpose in life versus purpose of life). Despite the large number of journalists, authors, and scientists who write on this topic, few "}, {'title': '13 Scientific Explanations for Everyday Life - Mental Floss', 'summary': '13 Scientific Explanations for Everyday Life - Mental Floss...', 'url': 'https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66086/13-scientific-explanations-everyday-life', 'extracted_content': "13 Scientific Explanations for Everyday Life Science holds our lives together. It explains everything from why bread rises to why you need gas to power your car. In his book Atoms Under the Floorboards , author Chris Woodford lays out the abstract science that underlies the everyday world, from the big (how do skyscrapers stay up?) to the small (why does my laptop get hot when I’m watching Netflix?). Along the way, he also calculates the answers to whimsical questions like, “How many people would I have to gather together to keep my house warm without heat?” (A lot, but not as many as you'd think.) Here are 13 things we learned about the world through his eyes. 1. A POWER DRILL COULD SET YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE, IN THEORY. Because of friction, electric drills generate heat. The motor, the drill bit, and the wall all get hot. It takes about 2000 joules of energy to heat one kilogram of wood just 1°C. Assuming a typical power drill uses 750 watts of electricity, and it puts out 750 joules of energy, Woodford calculates that it would take just four minutes to set fire to a wooden wall in a 68°F room. 2. STICKY NOTES COME OFF EASILY BECAUSE THEIR ADHESIVE IS UNEVEN. Post-it Notes feature a plastic adhesive that is spread out in blobs across the paper. When you slap a Post-it onto your bulletin board, only some of these blobs (technically called micro-capsules) touch the surface to keep the note stuck there. Thus, you can unstick it, and when you go to attach it to something else, the unused blobs of glue can take over the adhesive role. Eventually, all the capsules of glue will get used up or clogged with dirt, and the sticky note won't stick anymore. 3. GUM IS CHEWY BECAUSE IT'S MADE OF RUBBER. Early gums got their elastic texture from chicle, a natural type of latex rubber. Now, your bubble gum is made with synthetic rubbers like styrene butadiene (also used in car tires) or polyvinyl acetate (also used in Elmer’s glue) to mimic the effect of chicle. 4. OFFICE BUILDINGS AR"}]
Timestamp: 2024-09-22 06:47:29 || [{'title': 'Religion and the Meaning of Life - Cambridge University Press & Assessment', 'summary': 'Religion and the Meaning of Life - Cambridge University Press & Assessment...', 'url': 'https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/religion-and-the-meaning-of-life/2C118CBF40B68F288B9010457F78571E', 'extracted_content': 'Our systems are now restored following recent technical disruption, and we’re working hard to catch up on publishing. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. Find out more: https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/about-us/news-and-blogs/cambridge-university-press-publishing-update-following-technical-disruption We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings . Login Alert Browse Services Open research < Back to search results Home Books Religion and the Meaning of Life Religion and the Meaning of\xa0Life An Existential\xa0Approach Get access Buy a print copy Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Log in Register Get access Buy a print copy Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Log in Register Cited by 5 Cited by 5 Crossref Citations This Book has been\ncited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref . Metz, Thaddeus\n2021. Comparing the Meaningfulness of Finite and Infinite Lives: Can We Reap What We Sow if We Are Immortal? .\nRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement,\nVol. 90,\nIssue. ,\np.\n105. CrossRef Google Scholar Searle, Joshua\n2021. Towards a Theology of Dignity and Freedom: Existentialism and the Prospects for Reform of Protestant Witness to Post-Soviet Society .\nTheological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology,\nVol. 19,\nIssue. 2,\np.\n31. CrossRef Google Scholar Metz, Thaddeus\n2021. Supernaturalist analytic existentialism: Critical notice of Clifford Williams’ Religion and the meaning of life .\nInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion,\nVol. 89,\nIssue. 2,\np.\n189. CrossRef Google Scholar Singh, Asheel\n2023. What if God was all of us? Why the definition of ‘God’ matters in analytic discussions of meaning in life .\nReligious Studies,\np.\n1. CrossRef Google Scholar Cottingham, John\n2024. The Humane Perspective . Cr'}, {'title': 'The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy', 'summary': 'The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy...', 'url': 'https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/', 'extracted_content': 'Entry Contents Bibliography Academic Tools Friends PDF Preview Author and Citation Info Back to Top The Meaning of Life Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to\nthe question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although\nthey typically have not put it in these terms (with such talk having\narisen only in the past 250 years or so, on which see\xa0Landau\n1997). Consider, for instance, Aristotle on the human function,\nAquinas on the beatific vision, and Kant on the highest good.\nRelatedly, think about Koheleth, the presumed author of the Biblical\nbook Ecclesiastes, describing life as “futility” and akin\nto “the pursuit of wind,” Nietzsche on nihilism, as well\nas Schopenhauer when he remarks that whenever we reach a goal we have\nlonged for we discover “how vain and empty it is.” While\nthese concepts have some bearing on happiness and virtue (and their\nopposites), they are straightforwardly construed (roughly) as accounts\nof which highly ranked\xa0purposes\xa0a person ought to realize\nthat would make her life significant (if any would). Despite the venerable pedigree, it is only since the 1980s or so that\na distinct field of the meaning of life has been established in\nAnglo-American-Australasian philosophy, on which this survey focuses,\nand it is only in the past 20 years that debate with real depth and\nintricacy has appeared. Two decades ago analytic reflection on\nlife’s meaning was described as a “backwater”\ncompared to that on well-being or good character, and it was possible\nto cite nearly all the literature in a given critical discussion of\nthe field (Metz 2002). Neither is true any longer.\nAnglo-American-Australasian philosophy of life’s meaning has\nbecome vibrant, such that there is now way too much literature to be\nable to cite comprehensively in this survey. To obtain focus, it tends\nto discuss books, influential essays, and more recent works, and it\nleaves aside contributions from other philosophical traditions (such\nas the Continenta'}, {'title': 'What Is the True Meaning of Life? - Christianity', 'summary': 'What Is the True Meaning of Life? - Christianity...', 'url': 'https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/what-is-the-true-meaning-of-life-finding-your-purpose-in-life.html', 'extracted_content': 'SHARE We, humans, are born in this world without knowing exactly who we are ( identity ), where we come from ( origin ), why we are here ( meaning ), what to live for and how we should live ( purpose ), and where we are going ( destiny ). The question about the meaning of life has been raised in every generation and investigated throughout history. There have been different views on this matter from different people and cultures. Our understanding of the meaning of life is important because it shapes our way of life. Secular and Christian Views on the Meaning of Life So, what is life all about? Love. Wealth. Happiness. Self-development. Wisdom. Influence. Service. Those are some popular answers we might have heard, and although some views are biblically relevant, could life have a deeper meaning? Suppose life is about all the above-mentioned, would someone then be truly fulfilled after achieving all those good things ( Matthew 16:26 )? How about people who, unfortunately, could not do likewise? For instance, war victims, natural disaster casualties, stillborn babies, etc. – was it fair to conclude their lives were simply meaningless? Of course not. Just because someone has had (or done) more good things in life does not necessarily mean their life is more meaningful than those who do not. More fortune does not simply represent more meaning. The author believes before we examine the meaning of life, we need to first embrace the miracle of life. Science has shown evidence for the existence of the Creator . The vastness of the universe, the wonders of nature, the complexity of living organisms all testify there must be a supremely intelligent Designer, who set everything precisely in order. In light of this, life cannot be without meaning – and it must revolve around the Maker of all things ( John 1:3 ). The real meaning of life must, therefore, be viewed from the lens of, and be found in, the Life-Giver. Meaning of Life in the Bible King Solomon : Fear God and keep Hi'}]
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