دانلود کتاب What Makes Life Meaningful?: A Debate (Little Debates about Big Questions)

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Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Opening Statements
1. Triadic Meaning and the Benefits of God
1.1. Introduction: The Human Need for Meaning
1.2. What Is Meaning? The Meaning Triad
1.3. Meanings Small and Big; Narrow and Wide
1.4. Parts in Wholes: Meaning\'s Tilt Toward the Cosmic
1.5. The \"Loss\" of Meaning: Meaning\'s Tilt Toward Transcendence
1.6. Absurdity: Meaning\'s Tilt Toward Existential Coherence
1.7. Death: Meaning\'s Tilt Toward the End
1.8. Why Theism Is Better News: Meaning\'s Tilt Toward God
1.9. Summary
2. Making Life Meaningful Without God or a Soul
2.1. Introducing an Earthly Approach to Meaning
2.2. What We Are Talking About
2.3. What Is Central to Life\'s Meaning
2.4. Moderate Supernaturalism
2.5. Rebutting Nihilism; Or, Yes, Your Life Has Meaning in It
First Round of Replies
3. \"Some\" Meaning Without God or a Soul: Reply to Metz
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Points of Agreement
3.3. God and Objective Value
3.4. Meaning Pluralism 2.0: Reconsidering Extreme and Moderate Supernaturalism
3.5. Meaning Pluralism 2.1: Passively Conditioned Meaning vs. Actively Conditioned Meaning
3.6. Making Meaning too Difficult?
4. Considering the Benefits of God: Reply to Seachris
4.1. Introduction
4.2. What Does \"Life\'s Meaning\" Mean?
4.3. What Would Make Life Meaningful?
4.4. Is Life Meaningful?
Second Round of Replies
5. God Is Still Better News for Meaning: Response to Metz\'s Reply
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The Meaning Triad and the Meaning of Life\'s Meaning
5.3. God Is Still Better News for Meaning
5.4. On the Supposed Immodesty of Moderate Supernaturalism: The Inescapability of the Cosmic Frame
5.5. Existential Desires: Deep and Universal vs. Shallow and Parochial
5.6. Is Life Meaningful?
6. Types of Meaning and the Natural as Their Source: Response to Seachris\' Reply
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Whose Lives Have Meaning and How Much?
6.3. The Sources of Objective Value
6.4. Which Source Would Be Better?
6.5. Which Source Exists?
6.6. Concluding Remarks
Further Readings
Glossary
References
Index