Some philosophers say that our life is meansless because it has a prescribed end. This is a strange assertion: is a movie rendered meaningless because of its finitude? Some things acquire a meaning precisely because they be finite: consider academic studies, for instance. It would seem that meaningfulness does not enumerate upon matters temporary.
We all share the belief that we infer meaning from outside(a) sources. Something bigger than us - and outside us - bestows meaning upon our lives: God, the State, a social institution, an historical cause.
Yet, this belief is misplaced and mistaken. If such an external source of meaning were to depend upon us for its definition (hence, for its meaning) - how could we derive meaning from it? A cyclical argument ensues. We can neer derive meaning from that whose in truth meaning (or definition) is dependent on us. The defined cannot define the definer. To use the defined as quit of its own definition (by the vice of its inclusion in the definer) is the very definition of a tautology, the gravest of logical fallacies.
On the other hand: if such an external source of meaning were NOT dependent on us for its definition or meaning - again it would study been of no use in our quest for meaning and definition.
That which is perfectly independent of us - is absolutely free of any(prenominal) interaction with us because such an interaction would inevitably have conventional a part of its definition or meaning. And that, which is devoid of any interaction with us - cannot be known to us. We know about(predicate) something by interacting with it. The very exchange of information - through the senses - is an interaction.
Thus, both we serve as part of the definition or the meaning of an external...
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