Philosophers have spent millennia pondering the question of life's meaning. Kierkegaard grounded the meaning of life in a passionate belief in God, Sartre declared that we're each free to create our own meaning, while Camus and Nagel deny that we could ever come to know life's meaning.
But, if you ask Susan Wolf, each of these philosophers are beating a dead horse. Life has no meaning and that's that. But so what? In Meaning in Life and Why it Matters, Wolf argues that we should abandon our quest for the meaning of life, and refocus our efforts on living meaningful lives. Tune into this month's episode to find out how we can continue to live meaningful lives in a world devoid of meaning.
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E25 Thanks for Listening
E24 Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
E23 GUEST: Sam Rickless on Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
E21 Nagel and the Absurd
E20 The Philosophy of Time Travel
E19 GUEST: Peter Singer on Morality, Meaning, and Cancel Culture
E18 Life Extension: Cryonics and Mind Uploading
E17 The Fermi Paradox
E16 Why We Are Living Inside a Simulation and Why We Should Care
E15 The Pessimism of Schopenhauer
E14 Buddhism: Meditation and Mindfulness
E13 Buddhism: The Path to Nirvana
E12 Anti-Natalism: Why Having Children Is Wrong
E11 Sartre and Existentialism
E10 GUEST: Liam Ward on Camus and the Absurd
E9 Altruism: How to do Good Effectively
E8 Altruism: The Case for Doing Good
E7 Freedom and Happiness
E6 The Psychedelic Experience: The Acid Tests
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