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Creativity and Meaning in Life
Author(s) -
Matheson David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/rati.12153
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , creativity , skepticism , superlative , epistemology , value (mathematics) , sketch , characterization (materials science) , meaning of life , sociology , philosophy , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , mathematics , statistics , materials science , algorithm , nanotechnology
To forestall scepticism about meaning in life as a distinct final value, I sketch a preliminary characterization of meaning as superlative final value in life. I then make the case that this characterization helps us better appreciate a neglected substantive account of meaning, namely, Richard Taylor's creativity account. After laying out the creativity account, I argue that it is not just very compelling, but more compelling under the superlativeness characterization than the most prominent of the recent substantive accounts.