The Resource God and the meanings of life : what God could and couldn't do to make our lives more meaningful, T.J. Mawson
God and the meanings of life : what God could and couldn't do to make our lives more meaningful, T.J. Mawson
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- Summary
- "Some philosophers have thought that life could only be meaningful if there is no God. For Sartre and Nagel, for example, a God of the traditional classical theistic sort would constrain our powers of self-creative autonomy in ways that would severely detract from the meaning of our lives, possibly even evacuate our lives of all meaning. Some philosophers, by contrast, have thought that life could only be meaningful if there is a God. God and the Meanings of Life is interested in exploring the truth in both these schools of thought, seeking to discover what God could and couldn't do to make life meaningful (as well as what he would and wouldn't do). Mawson espouses a version of the 'amalgam' or 'pluralism' thesis about the issue of life's meaning - in essence, that there are a number of different legitimate meanings of 'meaning' (and indeed 'life') in the question of life's meaning. According to Mawson, God, were he to exist, would help make life meaningful in some of these senses and hinder in some others. He argues that whilst there could be meaning in a Godless universe, there could be other sorts of meaning in a Godly one and that these would be deeper."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 229 pages
- Contents
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- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Isbn
- 9781474212540
- Label
- God and the meanings of life : what God could and couldn't do to make our lives more meaningful
- Title
- God and the meanings of life
- Title remainder
- what God could and couldn't do to make our lives more meaningful
- Statement of responsibility
- T.J. Mawson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Some philosophers have thought that life could only be meaningful if there is no God. For Sartre and Nagel, for example, a God of the traditional classical theistic sort would constrain our powers of self-creative autonomy in ways that would severely detract from the meaning of our lives, possibly even evacuate our lives of all meaning. Some philosophers, by contrast, have thought that life could only be meaningful if there is a God. God and the Meanings of Life is interested in exploring the truth in both these schools of thought, seeking to discover what God could and couldn't do to make life meaningful (as well as what he would and wouldn't do). Mawson espouses a version of the 'amalgam' or 'pluralism' thesis about the issue of life's meaning - in essence, that there are a number of different legitimate meanings of 'meaning' (and indeed 'life') in the question of life's meaning. According to Mawson, God, were he to exist, would help make life meaningful in some of these senses and hinder in some others. He argues that whilst there could be meaning in a Godless universe, there could be other sorts of meaning in a Godly one and that these would be deeper."--Back cover
- Cataloging source
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- Mawson, T. J
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Meaning (Philosophy)
- Meaning (Philosophy)
- Life
- Life
- God
- Label
- God and the meanings of life : what God could and couldn't do to make our lives more meaningful, T.J. Mawson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-225) and index
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- Contents
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- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Control code
- 033428701
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9781474212540
- Lccn
- 2016018005
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- Label
- God and the meanings of life : what God could and couldn't do to make our lives more meaningful, T.J. Mawson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-225) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Control code
- 033428701
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 229 pages
- Isbn
- 9781474212540
- Lccn
- 2016018005
- Media category
- unmediated
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