PHIL 1100 Chapter Notes -Viktor Frankl, Fideism, Mutation
11 Jan 2013
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Evolution and the meaning of life david stamos. Fate of all things is to die. Evolution is fact: nihilism: no objective morality/values, essentialism: universe is absurd (life seems absurd), no human nature, free will (man is condemned to be free) {life is then meaningless} One is free to choose the meaning of their lives. Bad faith if you don t have free will. Some do not have, they are called psychopath . Rorschach, ink test to see what people think they see. Evidence from small children, that they routinely describe purpose/meaning. Victor frankl, psychologist, is also a jew, went to the holocaust, those who had the will to meaning, they tend to survive. Proximate cause: would be basic instinct, where and why it existed. Logo therapy: purpose is to find meaning in their lives. Ultimate cause: hypothesis, a theory at best. Nozick emphasizes pursuit of knowledge and loving relations of others. Pursue knowledge in a matter of survival.
