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Exploring the Meaning of Life: Theistic, Historicist, Nihilist, and Existentialist Perspectives

This chapter examines various philosophical perspectives on the meaning of life, including the theistic response, the historicist view, the nihilist perspective, and the existentialist outlook. It delves into the relationship between individuals and a divine plan, the significance of contributing to human progress, the claim that life has no meaning, and the creation of meaning through personal choices.

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Exploring the Meaning of Life: Theistic, Historicist, Nihilist, and Existentialist Perspectives

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  1. P H I L O S O P H Y A Text with Readings ELEVENTH EDITION M A N U E L V E L A S Q U E Z CHAPTER NINE: POSTSCRIPT: ART AND MEANING

  2. P H I L O S O P H Y • The theistic response to the question of the meaning of life holds that the meaning of life is to be explained in terms of the individual's relationship to a larger divine plan. CHAPTER NINE: POSTSCRIPT: ART AND MEANING

  3. P H I L O S O P H Y • Hegel and Marx define the meaning of life in terms of contributing toward human progress. For Hegel, history progresses toward a fuller expansion of freedom; for Marx, history progresses toward a classless society. Fukuyama argues that the end of history has passed, so there is no longer any human progress. CHAPTER NINE: POSTSCRIPT: ART AND MEANING

  4. P H I L O S O P H Y • The nihilist response to the meaning of life is the claim that life has no meaning. CHAPTER NINE: POSTSCRIPT: ART AND MEANING

  5. P H I L O S O P H Y • The existentialists Søren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre argue that the meaning of life is created by what one chooses. CHAPTER NINE: POSTSCRIPT: ART AND MEANING

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