PHIL 180 Lecture 18: Belshaw
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Christopher belshaw is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the open university. He received his phd from the university of california-santa barbara. In his 2005 book, 10 good questions about life and death, he de(cid:448)otes a (cid:272)hapte(cid:396) to the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) (cid:862)is it all mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gless? (cid:863) Belshaw argues that those who seek meaning are concerned that life does not have one. They think either that their own life or all life lacks a point, purpose or significance. The last argument only follows if there are no gods, and lots of people believe the opposite. As for the claim that life is full of suffering, we might retort that it is full of satisfaction as well. These (cid:396)eplies lead belsha(cid:449) to (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e that (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g pe(cid:396) se, su(cid:272)h as fitti(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g else"s s(cid:272)he(cid:373)e, (cid:271)ut ou(cid:396) o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d pu(cid:396)pose.
