tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post4039836500134353767..comments2024-03-28T05:47:54.177+00:00Comments on Philosophical Disquisitions: Wielenberg on the Meaning of Life (Part 2)John Danaherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-1447602930792119852010-09-28T13:43:42.514+01:002010-09-28T13:43:42.514+01:00No apologies necessary. I asked out of curiosity a...No apologies necessary. I asked out of curiosity and on the chance that I was not seeing part 3 where others were.<br /><br />I've put Wielenberg's book on my Amazon wish list.Larry Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642725101009530480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-58959590962410312772010-09-27T20:54:42.861+01:002010-09-27T20:54:42.861+01:00Someday...
Sorry about that.Someday...<br /><br />Sorry about that.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-77104255975210194132010-09-27T17:57:57.925+01:002010-09-27T17:57:57.925+01:00Any more coming in this series?Any more coming in this series?Larry Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642725101009530480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-27000754586850331552010-06-22T11:43:17.363+01:002010-06-22T11:43:17.363+01:00Well sure, thought experiments often play-up to yo...Well sure, thought experiments often play-up to your current prejudices and intuitions.<br /><br />Funnily enough, Wielenberg makes the same point in relation to Taylor's argument. He thinks Taylor, by setting up a distinction between a Sisyphus whose desires are fulfilled and one whose desires are not fulfilled, stacks the deck in favour of his preferred analysis of meaning.<br /><br />Maybe Wielenberg is stacking the deck with his choice of examples. It remains to be seen whether the case for intrinsically meaningful activities can be made out without these kind of appeals to prejudice.<br /><br />I don't have strong opinions about this at the moment.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780806945960886534.post-52340993410552940362010-06-21T11:58:47.092+01:002010-06-21T11:58:47.092+01:00I realise you might cover this in the next two pos...I realise you might cover this in the next two posts, but doesn't the musician vs. faeces-eater thing have more to do with shared enjoyments than meaningfulness? I'd choose the life of the former over the latter if made to, but that's because I currently enjoy music more than eating my own waste. <br /><br />A purely neutral observer might well consider the two activities equally meaningful.Matt Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062352280843955046noreply@blogger.com