Re: The Quest for the Purpose of Life
From: Joe Dees (joedees@addall.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 23:12:50 MST
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> maxmore@speakeasy.net extropians@extropy.org Re: The Quest for the Purpose of LifeReply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>"Chen Yixiong, Eric" wrote:
>>
>> Topic Question: "What is the meaning/purpose
>> of life?"
>
>Chen -- the best discussion of that difficult and ill-formed question is by philosopher Robert Nozick in his book Philosophical Explanations. I recommend it. Nozick doesn't pretend that he has *the* answer. In keeping with the approach of that book, he explores the variety of possible meanings.
>
>I find that Nozick's approach is more enlightening and stimulating of thought than either the "this is the answer" approach, or Damien's "this is a meaningless question" approach. (Damien has a point, but exploring the possible interpretations of the question can be productive.)
>
>Onward!
>
You also might try PROBLEMS OF LIFE AND DEATH by Kurt Baier.
>
>Max
>max@maxmore.com
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