PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jean-Paul Sartre, Practical Reason, Axiology
13 Oct 2015
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Meaning of life: whatever it is (if anything) about human life that makes it worth living. The meaning of (human) life in factual, values, religious. Nihilists people who believe that there is no meaning of life. Affirmationist people who believe the view that there is a meaning of life (disagrees with the conclusion of the nihilist worry- contrast of an nihilist) Transcendentalism the view that there is a meaning of life because there is a transcendent meaning of life (variety of affirmationism & believe that premise two of the nihilist worry is false) Immanentism the view that there is a meaning of life because there is an immanent meaning of life (believe that premise three of the nihilist worry is false) sees social relations and biological/psychological ways that makes life worth living. Epistemology: theory /study of metaphysics and rational beliefs. Ethics: understanding of nature of behaviours and characters.
