PHIL 1033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Galaxy Song, Homo Sapiens
24 Jan 2018
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Iii. two senses in which our lives might be regarded as absurd: our pursuits are pointless, we are comical/silly beings. A conspicuous discrepancy between pretension or aspiration and reality (718). A conspicuous discrepancy between pretension or aspiration and reality (718) In particular, a discrepancy between our seriousness about our pursuits and our proof that they amount to anything . We take our pursuits quite seriously we are 100% certain that they matter and have value: my pursuits are important (719, 719-20). It would be bad if the earth exploded. When we look at the evidence, our pursuits can seem arbitrary and small. We see no proof of value. the outsider"s perspective (720) sub specie aeternitatis: monty python, the galaxy song . Hello importance are you there? involvement in a larger enterprise is that evidence of the value of our projects? (721)
