'Frail worms of the earth': philosophical reflections on the meaning of life. Issue 1 (21st December 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Frail worms of the earth': philosophical reflections on the meaning of life. Issue 1 (21st December 2016)
- Main Title:
- 'Frail worms of the earth': philosophical reflections on the meaning of life
- Authors:
- HAMILTON, CHRISTOPHER
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Many philosophers in the analytic tradition have recently sought to explore the question of the meaning of life. In the first part of this article I subject two important approaches from this tradition – those of John Cottingham and Susan Wolf – to criticism. I then suggest that Cottingham and Wolf articulate certain assumptions about the meaning of life that are widely shared amongst analytic philosophers. I go on to subject those assumptions to criticism and seek to develop an alternative approach to the question, one that is largely overlooked in the contemporary literature.
- Is Part Of:
- Religious studies. Volume 54:Issue 1(2018)
- Journal:
- Religious studies
- Issue:
- Volume 54:Issue 1(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 54, Issue 1 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0054-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 55
- Page End:
- 71
- Publication Date:
- 2016-12-21
- Subjects:
- Religion -- Periodicals
Theology -- Periodicals
200 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=RES ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0034412516000391 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0034-4125
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- Legaldeposit
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