Frail worms of the earth': philosophical reflections on the meaning of life
Many philosophers in the analytic tradition have recently sought to explore the question of the meaning of life. In the first part of this article I subject two important approaches from this tradition - those of John Cottingham and Susan Wolf - to criticism. I then suggest that Cottingham and Wolf...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2018]
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Religious studies
Jahr: 2018, Band: 54, Heft: 1, Seiten: 55-71 |
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Cottingham, John 1943-
/ Wolf, Susan R. 1952-
/ Analytische Philosophie
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus VA Philosophie |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Many philosophers in the analytic tradition have recently sought to explore the question of the meaning of life. In the first part of this article I subject two important approaches from this tradition - those of John Cottingham and Susan Wolf - to criticism. I then suggest that Cottingham and Wolf articulate certain assumptions about the meaning of life that are widely shared amongst analytic philosophers. I go on to subject those assumptions to criticism and seek to develop an alternative approach to the question, one that is largely overlooked in the contemporary literature. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412516000391 |
