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The Search for Meaning: A Short History
Dennis Ford
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Description for The Search for Meaning: A Short History
Paperback. Explores eight approaches human beings have pursued over time to invest life with meaning and to infuse order into a seemingly chaotic universe. This book investigates the contributions of the Greeks, Kant, and William James. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
In "The Search for Meaning: A Short History", Dennis Ford explores eight approaches human beings have pursued over time to invest life with meaning and to infuse order into a seemingly chaotic universe. These include myth, philosophy, science, postmodernism, pragmatism, archetypal psychology, metaphysics, and naturalism. In engaging, companionable prose, Ford boils down these systems to their bare essentials, showing the difference between viewing the world from a religious point of view and that of a naturalist, and comparing a scientific worldview to a philosophical one.Ford investigates the contributions of the Greeks, Kant, and William James, and brings the discussion up-to-date ... Read more
In "The Search for Meaning: A Short History", Dennis Ford explores eight approaches human beings have pursued over time to invest life with meaning and to infuse order into a seemingly chaotic universe. These include myth, philosophy, science, postmodernism, pragmatism, archetypal psychology, metaphysics, and naturalism. In engaging, companionable prose, Ford boils down these systems to their bare essentials, showing the difference between viewing the world from a religious point of view and that of a naturalist, and comparing a scientific worldview to a philosophical one.Ford investigates the contributions of the Greeks, Kant, and William James, and brings the discussion up-to-date ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520257931
SKU
V9780520257931
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About Dennis Ford
Dennis Ford is the author of Sins of Omission: A Primer on Moral Indifference (1990).
Reviews for The Search for Meaning: A Short History
"Ford is to be commended for condensing an enormous amount of information and making it understandable to non-experts." National Catholic Reporter