See, 'meaning' is not like 'truth' or 'reality.' It actually is subjective because human brains actually do create it.https://twitter.com/EveKeneinan/status/820192779208945665 …
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When ppl deny this, its because they do not really mean 'meaning' - they mean 'truth' or 'reality.' What life 'means' according to a claim
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eg The meaning of life is to survive & procreate according to biological imperative or to serve God & attain heaven according to faith.
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When ppl speak of giving their lives meaning, they don't make a truth claim. They refer to living with purpose. The purpose is subjective.
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My purpose is about family, friends, dogs, history, languages, politics, secularism, human rights. It needn't have been abt any of those.
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And THIS means "Yes I do owe you $10,000, Eve." So I'll look for your payment.
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if all you mean by this is what you focus on in life, then that's trivial. But you are ambiguous between that and a claim like->
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what it is that something means, of itself, is up to me. No one denies that you could make knitting your life. But it comes->
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pre-loaded, as it were, with a certain character that isn't up to you.
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