On the Meaning of Life

Name: On the Meaning of Life
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ISBN: 9780415248006

ISBN-10: 0415248000

ISBN-13: 9780415248006

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Cottingham

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Drawing on a wealth of thinkers, writers and scientists, 'On the Meaning of Life' breathes new vitality into one of the very biggest questions faced by humanity.

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.80" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface



The Question


The question that won't go away


Science and Meaning


Something rather than nothing


A Religious question?


Meaning after God


Man the Measure of All things?


Variety, MEaning and Evaluation


What Meaningfulness implies


Meaning and Morality


Humanity and Openess



The Barrier to Meaning


The Void


The Challenge of Modernity


The Shadow of Darwin


Science, Religion and Meaning


Evolution and 'Blind' Forces


The 'Nastiness' of the Evolutionary Mechanism


Matter and Surplus Suffering


The Character of the Cosmos



Meaning, Vulnerability and Hope


Morality and Achievement


Futility and Fragility


Religion and the Buoyancy of the Good


Vulnerability and Finitude


Spirituality and Inner Change


Doctrine and Praxis


From Praxis to FAith


Coda: Intimations of Meaning