There is no God or, at the very least, no reason to believe in one. There is an objective reality, but no objective meaning or purpose in the universe. Any meaning a person assigns to his life is limited to himself, and has no objective truth. Life is only an accident of natural processes, and all spiritual experiences can be explained in natural terms. The "soul" is a name given to mere consciousness, and is just the subjective experience of a functioning nervous system. Science is the only tool with which to accrue knowledge of the universe. There are likely limits to what the human brain can grasp, as it has just been selected to help us survive in the world. It is possible that the "big" questions such as, "why is there something instead of nothing", are meaningless, and that the brain is at fault for not being able to comprehend something without an initial cause.
2007-08-29 20:41:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
it fits multiple 'labels' categories. I'll list what i know but i just learned what existentialism meant.
1. no god, no reason, this is called either atheist (i'm sure you know) or agnostic should you entertain any possibilty of god. so i'd guess agnostic as you say no reason to believe so you havn't decided completely yet, thus agnostic.
2. there is reality but no purpose, quickly i would toss this into realist as opposed to idealist, but it's not clear so much.-
3. assigning purpose to no purpose this is called..... (you probably know darn you).... 6 years of philosophy..... theres a name for it anyway. -this one is existentialism because you are assigning a purpose to life, if you just said no purpose even if i give it one you are a nihilist (the dude).
4. conciousness and such is the mind body problem or how i think of it. you are a materialist as opposed to a dualist. A dualist would have one substance of soul immaterial stuff and one subtance of physical stuff dual. You also borderline on a sort of determinism in the conciousness being only an experience of the nervous system leaving wonder how much the consciousness effects the self. Which is very important and not so shut and closed idea.
5. Jebus science is a tool, now you're on epistemology, these are all different fields of study, if your asking me what you're called and going to give me your life story, you aren't called anything, these are just different ways that you kinda think stuff works. i don't remember the name of your "epistemological sign" but it's the study of how we think we know things, you're telling me right now that you think the human brain uses science as a way to get knowledge, you're saying it is "the only" way even.
6. and the last one is another idea. perhaps phenomenology, but that is the study of not your belief.
it fits six philosophies
2007-08-29 21:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Any meaning a person assigns to his life is limited to himself...''
is a mistaken viewpoint, because the meaning or purpose I and most others is not limited to our own selves. Most people find meaning in looking after their immediate families, relatives, friends and neighbors... as well, their are groups of people who's life 's purpose or meaning is to save the lives of others, such as paramedics, doctors, firemen/women, police officers, the humane societies, the red cross and librarians. Their meaning in life is to serve, protect and save and keep happy the lives of other humans and pets.
The ''soul'' is the life...some Christians believe that animals have no souls and one day my sister was telling me this, as her dog was running around, and I said to her, as I pointed at the dog, if that dog had no soul, it would be dead. She agreed.
2007-08-29 21:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by birdtennis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a scrap-bag of qustion of assumptions, seemingly. But why making it, arbitrarily, a philosophy since one can pick up some of these standpoints and questions and reject others. Would this give birth to another category?
2007-08-29 20:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like existentialism. Sartre and such.
2007-08-29 20:46:34 · answer #4 · answered by Rudeboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 09:56:38 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-29 21:01:58 · answer #6 · answered by <3 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are describing the soul of
Existentialism
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2007-08-29 20:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could fit yours. It definitely has some strong points.
2007-08-29 20:48:07 · answer #8 · answered by thrag 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i second that.
2007-08-29 20:49:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋