Happy-Kids.jpg Smysl Života Greek: Telos = English:“Purpose” = České: “Účelem” convert heathens2.jpg dishes2.jpg 85406923embarrassment4-15-11crop.jpg Latin: Nihil = English: “nothing” = České: “nic” Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “…thinking makes it so.” České:“…myšlení to činí takovým.” 1)Pluralistic (meanings) 2)Non-Voluntaristic 3)Non-Platonic ¨Meaningfulness of Language ¨Humpty-Dumpty’s Existentialist view of the meaning of language: Humpty Dumpty’s Existentialist Theory of Language ¨1) = Many meanings ¨2) = Meaning is not up to me. ¨3) = Meaning is not independent of us. ¨We can say what the meaning of a word is: ¨“Lacuna”? “Mereza”? ¨Can we say what the meaning of a life is? Gandhi1.jpg Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Non-violence? non-násilí ¨A life can “have meaning,” or be “meaningful,” without there being something that it means. ¨So, we can’t answer the question: “What is the meaning of life?” ¨Rather we should ask: “What kinds of lives are meaningful?” Happy-Kids.jpg ¨What makes a life meaningful? Happy-Kids.jpg 1)Enough activities engaged in for their own sake. 1)Enough activities engaged in for their own sake. 2)Enough contribution to something outside itself. jackierobinsonlg.jpg -Jackie Robinson’s tombstone (1919-1972) First African-American player in major league baseball, 1947. 1)Enough activities engaged in for their own sake. 2)Enough contribution to something outside itself. 3)Enough intentional structure. ¨Condition 1 makes a life satisfying to me. ¨Condition 2 makes a life valuable to others. ¨Condition 3 makes it be MY life. ¨ Some examples to discuss: mommytrack.bmp Wow! Someone who only does things for others? surfer2.jpg child doctor2.jpg Someone whose life is all planned out for him? VTdeath.jpg Someone who dies too young? alzheimers.jpg Someone who lives too long? methuselah_large.jpg Methusaleh (Metuzalém) Lived 969 years What does it mean that you will likely live 30 years beyond your retirement from work? Not just from an economic standpoint (how will you afford it?), but from a meaning standpoint (what will you do to maintain a meaningful life well beyond the end of your profession)? Retirement sounds good for awhile, but then….? Co to znamená, že budete nejspíše žít 30 let po odchodu do důchodu? Ne pouze z ekonomického pohledu (jak si to budete moci dovolit), ale i z pohledu smyslu (co budete dělat, abyste si zachovali smysluplný život i po odchodu do důchodu)? Důchod zní pěkné na chvíli, ale pak...? bored-listener_650x455.jpg cho2.jpg Hitler 1938.png stalin.jpg ¨Dualism? ¨God? ¨Immortality? ¨“What kinds of lives are meaningful?” Svejk_01.png