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A HARD PROBLEM INDEED
Author(s) -
Peterson Gregory R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.00982.x
Subject(s) - epistemology , meaning (existential) , naturalism , context (archaeology) , reflection (computer programming) , sociology , philosophy , computer science , history , archaeology , programming language
. Owen Flanagan's The Really Hard Problem provides a rich source of reflection on the question of meaning and ethics within the context of philosophical naturalism. I affirm the title's claim that the quest to find meaning in a purely physical universe is indeed a hard problem by addressing three issues: Flanagan's claim that there can be a scientific/empirical theory of ethics (eudaimonics), that ethics requires moral glue, and whether, in the end, Flanagan solves the hard problem. I suggest that he does not, although he provides much that is of importance and useful for further reflection along the way.

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