The Meaning Of Life

July 8, 2008 – 1:34 am
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Meaning of Life

Dr. William Vallicella, the Maverick Philosopher, is back in harness after a month-long layoff from blogging. I’m glad he’s back on the job: he is as interesting and provocative as always. I’d like to weigh in on this post in particular, in which he argues that meaning, in particular the meaning of life, must either […]

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The Meaning of Life, Continued

July 28, 2008 – 10:28 pm
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Meaning of Life

A couple of weeks ago I posted an essay in response to a post of Bill Vallicella’s on whether life might have an objective meaning. In his piece Bill argued that any attempt to offer a purely subjective interpretation must lead to an infinite regress, and therefore must be false. I responded, drawing on work […]

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