Timeline for What is the purpose of life? [mainly for non_believers] [closed]
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| Aug 6, 2023 at 17:31 | comment | added | CriglCragl | You might like this answer, covering the situation for Abrahamic faiths: 'Why would God condemn all and only those that don't believe in God?' philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/100976/… | |
| Aug 6, 2023 at 17:24 | comment | added | CriglCragl | 'Is Death a Feature or a Bug?' philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/95662/… We die because species with mortality propagate more & evolve to meet new challenges better. Our bodies cease, but our stories continue. The Memesphere, & the Mahayana Buddhist picture of Alayavijnana can help us make sense of how things like the questions that drive us, can go on to have 'substrate independence', & manifest as karma or memes in a new persons experience. But the person picking up our story, will not be us, per se. | |
| Aug 6, 2023 at 17:18 | comment | added | CriglCragl | I'd describe freedom as relative, between different ways we could behave, & wusdom as the skill of maximising our freedom from habut & coercion: 'Wisdom and John Vervaeke's awakening from the meaning crises?' philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/82325/… Freedom is an experience that relates to how it feels when we make decisions, rather than a state of the world. | |
| Aug 6, 2023 at 17:17 | comment | added | CriglCragl | 'What are some philosophical works that explore constructing meaning in life from an agnostic or atheist view?' philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91010/… 'If everything ends one day why don't we end it today?' philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/90072/… | |
| Aug 6, 2023 at 12:23 | comment | added | Michael Kurak | The question is closed because it is “opinion based”, despite the fact that these questions are addressed Descartes and Plato (Phaedo). 🙄 Free will might exist, but not on this forum. | |
| Aug 6, 2023 at 10:11 | comment | added | Paul Ross | The question needs refining, I agree with the close vote. The basic question “what secular writing addresses the idea of life having meaning or purpose?” Is a slightly narrower focus in that it’s a request for an entry to the discussion, and a good such starting point would be the SEP article plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning | |
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| Mar 9, 2015 at 3:09 | comment | added | Dan Christensen | Objectively, the purpose of life is to reproduce. If you want to know what you should do with your life, that is a different question. In the end, you have to construct your own life's purpose. Be very skeptical of anyone who says otherwise. | |
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| Mar 7, 2015 at 7:00 | comment | added | zietho | 1. Yes. I am happy to verify your existence. | |
| Mar 7, 2015 at 0:32 | comment | added | user4894 | I'm a life support system for my gut bacteria. ibtimes.com/… | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 23:26 | history | edited | Annonymous | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2015 at 23:03 | answer | added | immortal squish | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Mar 6, 2015 at 22:10 | comment | added | user2953 | Welcome to Philosophy.SE! Objectively written answers are only possible on a question that invites to that. On a question like "do you like red?", objective answers are possible, even if you'd appreciate them. The answer to your question is highly dependent of the ethical framework you adhere to and can therefore not be answered objectively. You could rephrase it to ask about the views of different philosophical doctrines - but be careful to not make the question too broad. Good questions are answerable in a few paragraphs. See the help. | |
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