On Meaning in Life.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meaning (Philosophy)--Congresses.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

157 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : De Gruyter, 2013.

Summary:

The question of meaning in life is as relevant and central as ever - in spite of all attempts at declaring it senseless. It does not disappear. But how should we deal with this question today? The collection presents a wide range of approaches, discussing subjectivist and objectivist answers, confronting concepts of meaning with notions of happiness and morality, and considering the idea of human life's meaning both sub specie aeternitatis and in view of the world's finitude and contingency. The volume assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field. Book jacket.

Contents:

Happiness and the Meaning of Life / Christoph Horn Horn, Christoph 9

Meaningful but Immoral Lives? / Robert B. Louden Louden, Robert B. 23

Individual, Society, and Teleology: An Aristotelian Conception of Meaning in Life / Hallvard J. Fossheim Fossheim, Hallvard J. 45

Meaning and Narratives / John Kekes Kekes, John 65

Contingency and the Quest for Meaning / Beatrix Himmelmann Himmelmann, Beatrix 83

Meaningfulness, Eternity and Theism / John Cottingham Cottingham, John 99

Meaning of Life: Peter Wessel Zapffe on the Human Condition / Roe Fremstedal Fremstedal, Roe 113

Touched By the Universe: The Source of Meaning According to K.E. Løgstrup / Dag T. Andersson Andersson, Dag T. 129

Perfectionism and Non-Perfectionism in Camus's Myth of Sisyphus / Iddo Landau Landau, Iddo 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110323894

3110323893

OCLC:

852832572