PHIL 180 Lecture 18: Quinn on Meaning of Life
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Philip l. quinn (1940 2004) was a philosopher and theologian who earned his phd in philosophy from the university of pittsburgh. Quinn was on the faculty of brown university, and in 1985, he assumed a positio(cid:374) as the joh(cid:374) a. o"b(cid:396)ie(cid:374) p(cid:396)ofesso(cid:396) of philosophy at the university of notre dame. I(cid:374) his 1997 pie(cid:272)e, (cid:862)the mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of life a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to ch(cid:396)istia(cid:374)ity(cid:863) qui(cid:374)(cid:374) dis(cid:373)isses the (cid:272)lai(cid:373) that the meaning of life question is meaningless. A life might have am and not tm; it might have tm and not am, it might have no meaning, or it might have complete meaning (cm) both positive am and tm. In other words, such a life would be subjectively valuable, objectively purposeful and done with zeal. Quinn notes that we can tell narratives of individual human lives or of the human race which contain complete meaning for christians the narrative of the life of jesus reveals such meaning.
