Creativity and Meaning in Life |
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Authors: | David Matheson |
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Affiliation: | Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada |
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Abstract: | To forestall scepticism about meaning in life as a distinct final value, I sketch a preliminary characterization of meaning as superlative final value in life. I then make the case that this characterization helps us better appreciate a neglected substantive account of meaning, namely, Richard Taylor's creativity account. After laying out the creativity account, I argue that it is not just very compelling, but more compelling under the superlativeness characterization than the most prominent of the recent substantive accounts. |
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