A Scientific Account of Meaning: Deflationary but Not Disenchanting
Abstract. In The Really Hard Problem, Owen Flanagan maintains that accounting for meaning requires going beyond the resources of the physical, biological, social, and mind sciences. He notes that the religious myths and fantastical stories that once “funded” flourishing lives and made life meaningfu...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Zygon
Year: 2009, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-40 |
Further subjects: | B
flourishing lives
B Science B Naturalism B myth / religion B Eudaimonia B Meaning B Disenchantment |
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