Meaning, desire, and God: an expansive naturalist approach
I offer an approach to the problem of life’s meaning which poses a radical challenge to some of the familiar terms of this debate. First, I defend an expansive form of naturalism which involves a rejection of the common assumption that naturalism and theism are logically incompatible and offers a fr...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 82, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 310-322 |
| Review of: | God, soul and the meaning of life (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019) (Ellis, Fiona)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theism
/ Naturalism (Philosophy)
/ Meaning of life
/ Longing
/ Nihilism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
B Theism B Nietzsche B Desire B expansive naturalism B Life B Naturalism B Meaning B Nihilism |
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| Summary: | I offer an approach to the problem of life’s meaning which poses a radical challenge to some of the familiar terms of this debate. First, I defend an expansive form of naturalism which involves a rejection of the common assumption that naturalism and theism are logically incompatible and offers a framework from which to rethink some of the central concepts operative in discussions of life’s meaning. Second, I defend a ‘desire solution’ to the problem of life’s meaning. My initial inspiration is Richard Taylor’s version of such a position as articulated in his book Good and Evil. I argue that this solution is best articulated from within an expansive naturalist framework, raise some doubts about Taylor’s metaphysics, and make a connection with the Nietzschean problem of nihilism. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "The meanings of God: reply to four critics (2021)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2021.1997630 |