PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Immanence, Transcendentalism
4 Mar 2014
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Premise 1: if there is a meaning of life, then there must be either a transcendent meaning of life or an immanent meaning of life. Transcendent meaning of life: how human life relate to other realms or beings that transcend the life we live in. (ex. Immanent meaning of life: the way life relates to the natural physical realm. (ex. Premise 2: there is no transcendent meaning of life. Premise 3: there is no immanent meaning of life. Conclusion: therefore, there is no meaning of life. When presented with an argument: conclusion doesn"t follow premises, even if the conclusion does follow the premises, at least one of the premises is false. Nihilism: the view that there is no meaning of life. Affirmationism: the view that there is no meaning of life. Transcendentalism: the view that there is a meaning of life because there is a transcendent meaning of life.
