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The Possibility of Meaning in Human Evolution
Authors:Barbara Forrest
Institution:Southeastern Louisiana University
Abstract:Science undermines the certitude of non-naturalistic answers to the question of whether human life has meaning. I explore whether evolution can provide a naturalistic basis for existential meaning. Using the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett and scientist Ursula Goodenough, I argue that evolution is the locus of the possibility of meaning because it has produced intentionality, the matrix of consciousness. I conclude that the question of the meaning of human life is an existentialist one: existential meaning is a product of the individual and collective tasks human beings undertake.
Keywords:biology  consciousness  emergence  emergent functions  evolution  existence  existentialism  intentionality  language  life  life forms  meaning  naturalism  organisms  philosophy  purpose  reductionism  religion  science  self-consciousness  significance  species  symbol  value  worldview
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