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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Main Author: Wiebe, Donald (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
In: 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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