PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Viktor Frankl, Robert Nozick, Philosophical Explanations
11 Jan 2013
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Philosophy and the meaning of life robert nozick. Pointing out that meaning of life so heavily is it laden with our emotion and aspiration that we camouflage our vulnerability with jokes about seeking for the meaning or purpose of life (page. Jokes are defence mechanism (to avoid the fear of the meaning of life) ~modes of meaningfulness: naive that there is only one meaning, one should look at other possibilities, meaning as external causal relationships (casual aniseeds {sex}) Casual lent/consequence: meaning as external referential relation (sibling relation) Have purpose (can give them own life purpose) The way we live is compatible with other life plans. Part of oneself we leave behind when we die: meaning as lessons. Positive and negative lessons: meaning as personal significance, importance, value, mattering. Subjective meaning: meaning as objective meaningless. 3rd person: meaning as intrinsic meaning. Rejects the idea seeking meaning of life intrinsically: meaning to totalism.
