Meaning in life : an analytic study /
Metz, Thaddeus,
Meaning in life : an analytic study / Thaddeus Metz. - First edition. - xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Meaning of life -- Meaning as One Part of a Good Life : -- The Concept of Meaning -- The Bearer of Meaning -- The Value of Meaning -- Supernaturalist Theories of Meaning in Life : -- Purpose Theory I: Questioning Motivations -- Purpose Theory II: Advancing Objections -- Non-Purposive Supernaturalism -- Rejecting Supernaturalism -- Naturalist Theories of Meaning in Life : -- Subjectivism -- Objectivism I: Being Attracted, Meriting Attraction, and Promoting Consequences -- Objectivism II: Non-Consequentialism -- Objectivism III: The Fundamentality Theory -- Conclusion: the fine game of nil. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part 3. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz offers a new answer to an ancient question which has recently returned to the philosophical agenda."--Publisher's website.
0199599319 9780199599318
Life.
BD431
113.8
Meaning in life : an analytic study / Thaddeus Metz. - First edition. - xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Meaning of life -- Meaning as One Part of a Good Life : -- The Concept of Meaning -- The Bearer of Meaning -- The Value of Meaning -- Supernaturalist Theories of Meaning in Life : -- Purpose Theory I: Questioning Motivations -- Purpose Theory II: Advancing Objections -- Non-Purposive Supernaturalism -- Rejecting Supernaturalism -- Naturalist Theories of Meaning in Life : -- Subjectivism -- Objectivism I: Being Attracted, Meriting Attraction, and Promoting Consequences -- Objectivism II: Non-Consequentialism -- Objectivism III: The Fundamentality Theory -- Conclusion: the fine game of nil. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part 3. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz offers a new answer to an ancient question which has recently returned to the philosophical agenda."--Publisher's website.
0199599319 9780199599318
Life.
BD431
113.8