Eps 45: the meaning of life
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A sense of significance permeates every dimension of meaning, rather than stands as a separate factor.
Ludwig Wittgenstein and the logical positivists said:[ citation needed ] "Expressed in language, the question is meaningless"; because, in life the statement the "meaning of x", usually denotes the consequences of x, or the significance of x, or what is notable about x, etc. when the meaning of life concept equals "x", in the statement the "meaning of x", the statement becomes recursive , and nonsensical, or it might refer to the fact that biological life is essential to having a meaning in life.
The goal is to realize the fundamental truth about oneself.
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When we ask the question, "What is the meaning of life," we are actually asking what is our existence, which gives meaning to life. What meaning do we have if one thing indicates or points to something better than another of these things? The important question is what has raised questions about the meaning of life in the first place.
For example, the response can vary from time to time, and we need to consider what the meaning of life is in each era. It may be that in an epoch it is one thing, but that may not be true, or it may be that in the epoch in which it was, there is no sense of life. There are many different interpretations of the question, such as "Is there a meaning in life?
This question is delicate because of the hidden premise that life has no meaning, but finding meaning in life is a better way to approach the issue. If there is no single meaning to life, then a person must live his life in such a way that it brings him as much fulfillment and satisfaction as possible. It may be that what makes life meaningful to a small child is different from what made life meaningful to an older person, and from what made it meaningful to an adult, or even from what it means to a small child to make life meaningful to an adult.
With this freedom we construct a category of meaning and then fill in the contours and colors. We choose to ignore the difficulty of assessing conditions on the basis of their conditions and to ask ourselves: "What does that actually mean?"
The key to discovering the answer can be found in using it to judge and judge what we do with our lives. Something that makes us feel like we have left a footprint, something of value that does more than a grain of sand that represents life in an hourglass of time.
As John argues, life could stand for something, and a deity could give meaning to life by giving meaning to every word we utter. What is the meaning of the life that a particular person has lived, and what sense of purpose has been achieved to give meaning and value to this life?
Still other functional theorists claim that life has meaning because it has been designed by a creator, thereby acquiring a meaning that all art objects have (see Trisel 2012 for additional critique). Ken argues that unless God created us, we have no meaning, and every individual's life has the same meaning, which is a counterintuitive implication. The free decision to do something specific, however, would not be necessary for the significance.
There are those who believe that the fulfillment of the divine (and not human) end is the means of life, and not vice versa.
Robert Nozick presents a God-centered theory that focuses on expediency as a means of life, not on the end itself.
Of central interest is the importance of the human species and the universe as a whole. That is, comparatively few believe that meaningful life is merely a neutral quality, or that certain qualities are desirable for their own sake, as we see in discussions that focus on the latter. Most in this field ultimately want to know whether our existence has any particular quality at any given time, whether it is desirable or not. The distinction between life as an individual and as a whole is an important part of a discussion about the nature of life and its meaning.
For example, an individual's life is best understood biologically, and a person may or may not be human, but as a human being he is a human being.
If there is eternal life after death, there is no purpose, because no God has a purpose (an argument associated with the philosopher Bernard Williams). If God exists and it is the brevity and finitude of human life that gives Him the form and purpose that these give Him, then we are better off creating our own purpose or purpose. When people are rock in the surf, they are not well enough to create their own purposes and purposes, but if they were, they would have been able to do so.
The philosopher Iddo Landau says that we have everything we need for a meaningful existence, but some people seem to spend their whole lives dissatisfied in search of a purpose. This does not mean that human life cannot have a purpose, or that there can be no purpose; rather, it can only be created in the form and finitude of the brevity of life itself.