Religion and the Meaning of Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and the Meaning of Life write by Clifford Williams. This book was released on 2020-04-09. Religion and the Meaning of Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores life's meaning through the lens of belief in God and lived realities including boredom, denial of death, and suicide.
The Death of God and the Meaning of Life
The Death of God and the Meaning of Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Death of God and the Meaning of Life write by Julian Young. This book was released on 2014-05-16. The Death of God and the Meaning of Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life. Three new chapters explore Søren Kierkegaard’s attempts to preserve a Christian answer to the question of the meaning of life, Karl Marx's attempt to translate this answer into naturalistic and atheistic terms, and Sigmund Freud’s deep pessimism about the possibility of any version of such an answer. Part 1 presents an historical overview of philosophers from Plato to Marx who have believed in a meaning of life, either in some supposed ‘other’ world or in the future of this world. Part 2 assesses what happened when the traditional structures that give life meaning began to erode. With nothing to take their place, these structures gave way to the threat of nihilism, to the appearance that life is meaningless. Young looks at the responses to this threat in chapters on Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Foucault and Derrida. Fully revised and updated throughout, this highly engaging exploration of fundamental issues will captivate anyone who’s ever asked themselves where life’s meaning (if there is one) really lies. It also makes a perfect historical introduction to philosophy, particularly to the continental tradition.
Exploring the Meaning of Life
Exploring the Meaning of Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Meaning of Life write by Joshua W. Seachris. This book was released on 2012-09-04. Exploring the Meaning of Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much more than just an anthology, this survey of humanity's search for the meaning of life includes the latest contributions to the debate, a judicious selection of key canonical essays, and insightful commentary by internationally respected philosophers. Cutting-edge viewpoint features the most recent contributions to the debate Extensive general introduction offers unprecedented context Leading contemporary philosophers provide insightful introductions to each section
Meanings of Life
Meanings of Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Meanings of Life write by Roy F. Baumeister. This book was released on 1991-01-01. Meanings of Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who among us has not at some point asked, what is the meaning of life?' In this extraordinary book, an eminent social scientist looks at the big picture and explores what empirical studies from diverse fields tell us about the human condition. MEANINGS OF LIFE draws together evidence from psychology, history, anthropology, and sociology, integrating copious research findings into a clear and conclusive discussion of how people attempt to make sense of their lives. In a lively and accessible style, emphasizing facts over theories, Baumeister explores why people desire meaning in their lives, how these meanings function, what forms they take, and what happens when life loses meaning. It is the most comprehensive examination of the topic to date.
What's It All About?
What's It All About? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What's It All About? write by Julian Baggini. This book was released on 2013-07-11. What's It All About? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Secular-minded readers seeking an alternative to The Purpose-Driven Life have an excellent starting point here.”—Publishers Weekly For readers who are serious about confronting the big issues in life—but are turned off by books which deal with them through religion, spirituality, or psychobabble, this is an honest, intelligent discussion by a philosopher that doesn't hide from the difficulties or make undeliverable promises. It aims to help the reader understand the overlooked issues behind the obvious questions, and shows how philosophy does not so much answer them as help provide us with the resources to answer them for ourselves. “Useful and provocative.”—The Wall Street Journal “Looking for a clear guide to what contemporary philosophy has to say about the meaning of life? Baggini takes us through all the plausible answers, weaving together Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill, Monty Python, and Funkadelic in an entertaining but always carefully reasoned discussion.”—Peter Singer, author of How Are We To Live “The question of the meaning of life has long been a byword for pretentious rambling. It takes some nerve to tackle it in a brisk and no-nonsense fashion.”—New Statesman
