The Meaning of Life: A Reader - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0195327306 ISBN 13: 9780195327304

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2008

Riassunto

Featuring nine new articles chosen by coeditor Steven M. Cahn, the third edition of E. D. Klemke's The Meaning of Life offers twenty-two insightful selections that explore this fascinating topic. The essays are primarily by philosophers but also include materials from literary figures and religious thinkers. As in previous editions, the readings are organized around three themes. In Part I the articles defend the view that without faith in God, life has no meaning or purpose. In Part II the selections oppose this claim, defending instead a nontheistic, humanistic alternative―that life can have meaning even in the absence of theistic commitment. In Part III the contributors ask whether the question of the meaning of life is itself meaningful.
The third edition adds substantial essays by Moritz Schlick, Joel Feinberg, and John Kekes as well as selections from the writings of Louis P. Pojman, Emil L. Fackenheim, Robert Nozick, Susan Wolf, and Steven M. Cahn. The only anthology of its kind, The Meaning of Life: A Reader, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in introduction to philosophy, human nature, and the meaning of life. It also offers general readers an accessible and stimulating introduction to the subject.

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The book includes a broad selection of some of the best philosophical writings on the question of the meaning of life; there is no other volume like this one. (Timothy Shanahan, Loyola Marymount University)

Klemke and Cahn have done a masterful job amassing historical and contemporary writings that students should grapple with as they question the meaning of life. (Mary Domski, University of New Mexico)

The third edition of this reader provides a strong foundation for helping students to think critically and systematically about the nature of reality and the meaning of life. (Dawn Jakubowski, University of Central Arkansas)

Contenuti:

• *=New to this edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction. The Question of the Meaning of LifeE.D. Klemke:
• PART ONE. THE THEISTIC ANSWER
• 1. Leo Tolstoy: My Confession
• 2. David F. Swenson: The Dignity of Human Life
• 3. Louis P. Pojman: Religion Gives Meaning to Life
• 4. Emil L. Fackenheim: Judaism and the Meaning of Life
• 5. Philip L. Quinn: The Meaning of Life According to Christianity
• PART TWO. THE NONTHEISTIC ALTERNATIVE
• 6. Arthur Schopenhauer: On the Sufferings of the World
• 7. Bertrand Russell: A Free Man's Worship
• 8. Moritz Schlick: On the Meaning of Life
• 9. Albert Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus
• 10. Kurt Baier: The Meaning of Life
• 11. Paul Edwards: The Meaning and Value of Life
• 12. Richard Taylor: The Meaning of Life
• 13. Thomas Nagel: The Absurd
• 14. Joel Feinberg: Absurd Self-Fulfillment
• 15. E. D. Klemke: Living Without Appeal: An Affirmative Philosophy of Life
• PART THREE. QUESTIONING THE QUESTION
• 16. A. J. Ayer: The Claims of Philosophy
• 17. Kai Nielsen: Linguistic Philosophy and "The Meaning of Life"
• 18. John Wisdom: The Meanings of the Questions of Life
• 19. Robert Nozick: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
• 20. Susan Wolf: Meaning in Life
• 21. Steven M. Cahn: Meaningless Lives?
• 22. John Kekes: The Meaning of Life

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195327306
• ISBN 13: 9780195327304
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Klemke E. D., Cahn Steven M.