tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post9089868407500070192..comments2024-03-13T01:43:06.134-07:00Comments on Hummings in the Fly-Bottle: Why 'meaning'?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-82455708499203123512012-07-29T15:13:15.243-07:002012-07-29T15:13:15.243-07:00Wai-hung, this is one of your best blog posts ever...Wai-hung, this is one of your best blog posts ever. Clear, lucid, powerful. As this is a subject deeply close to my own heart (the meaning of meaning and why it matters), it was refreshing to read such a great discussion on it. <br /><br />I think you're quite right about the evaluative connection between linguistic meaning and existential meaning. My hunch is that the connection runs far deeper, that in fact the link between the two probably lies deeper in our psychological past. It is my hope over my career to flesh out some of these intuitions.<br /><br />I also liked the conclusion that just as not all words mean the same thing, so not all lives will have the same meaning. Wonderful post!M Fitzpatricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-89514769474879340172012-07-29T15:09:41.930-07:002012-07-29T15:09:41.930-07:00I agree with Wai-hung: a meaningful life is not ne...I agree with Wai-hung: a meaningful life is not necessarily a happy one. Meaning and happiness are not coextensive, nor does one entail the other.M Fitzpatricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-73945089239481322432012-01-06T10:46:15.586-08:002012-01-06T10:46:15.586-08:00//In your opinion, what are the other keys? I am c...//In your opinion, what are the other keys? I am curious. //<br /><br />I think the personality of a person, like optimistic/pessimistic, is a great factor that affects happiness. <br />Maybe the values of a person and the environment around her are also the keys. (I don't have any terrific view about happiness, my opinions are all quite ordinary.) <br /><br />cityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-63676491088062198602012-01-06T10:14:39.604-08:002012-01-06T10:14:39.604-08:00Wong,
//I have not talked about what makes a life...Wong,<br /><br />//I have not talked about what makes a life meaningful!//<br /><br />I was just trying to say that when people are evaluating their lives, they need their values as the bases.<br /><br />//I published an article a few years ago on this topic. You can take a look at it if you are interested in my view.//<br /><br />Thank you! I am very much interested. (I hope that the article will not be too hard for me.)<br /><br />cityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-37324859112906410892012-01-05T23:01:03.208-08:002012-01-05T23:01:03.208-08:00City,
I published an article a few years ago on t...City,<br /><br />I published an article a few years ago on this topic. You can take a look at it if you are interested in my view (though I have developed the view much further since the publication of the article). You can find a version of the article here: <a href="http://www.csuchico.edu/~whwong/Meaningfulness%20and%20Identities.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Meaningfulness and Identities"</a>.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-60729046724849789242012-01-05T21:51:45.747-08:002012-01-05T21:51:45.747-08:00City,
In your opinion, what are the other keys? I...City,<br /><br />In your opinion, what are the other keys? I am curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-24472848869803305142012-01-05T21:47:48.668-08:002012-01-05T21:47:48.668-08:00city,
//So the meaning of people's lives are ...city,<br /><br />//So the meaning of people's lives are dependent on their values. A merciful person may think that the meaning of life is helping people; a selfish person may have a totally different interpretation of a meaningful life.//<br /><br />- I have not talked about what makes a life meaningful!<br /><br />//By the way, I think people who hold happiness as the only meaning of life are quite unfortunate because suffering in life is inevitable, so this kind of people may often lose their meaning of life and become unhappy.//<br /><br />- I think a meaningful life is not necessarily a happy one.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-41072066113753942582012-01-05T18:11:04.274-08:002012-01-05T18:11:04.274-08:00//Being content is the key. Do you agree?//
Being...//Being content is the key. Do you agree?//<br /><br />Being content is a key to happiness, yes I agree.<br /><br />cityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-85263700331637555412012-01-05T00:09:52.976-08:002012-01-05T00:09:52.976-08:00Wong,
"when a person asks the question ‘Does ...Wong,<br />"when a person asks the question ‘Does my life have meaning?’ or ‘Is my life meaningful?’, she can be expressing her concern about the evaluation of her life."<br />Who make(s) the evaluation? It sounds to me that the person who asks the question should do the evaluation herself. But could this be a problem? If so, other people should do the evaluation? Some people may not accept that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-78478135197461925012012-01-05T00:09:31.123-08:002012-01-05T00:09:31.123-08:00Anonymous,
"A merciful person may think that ...Anonymous,<br />"A merciful person may think that the meaning of life is helping people; a selfish person may have a totally different interpretation of a meaningful life."<br />A serial killer may think that the meaning of life is... He may even provide some reason, for example, there are too many people polluting the world and depleting its resources and he is doing whatever he can to save the world.<br /><br />"I think people who hold happiness as the only meaning of life are quite unfortunate because suffering in life is inevitable, so this kind of people may often lose their meaning of life and become unhappy."<br />Being content is the key. Do you agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-27595871306082227102012-01-04T21:41:28.270-08:002012-01-04T21:41:28.270-08:00So the meaning of people's lives are dependent...So the meaning of people's lives are dependent on their values. A merciful person may think that the meaning of life is helping people; a selfish person may have a totally different interpretation of a meaningful life.<br /><br />By the way, I think people who hold happiness as the only meaning of life are quite unfortunate because suffering in life is inevitable, so this kind of people may often lose their meaning of life and become unhappy.<br /><br />cityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-28771533902389331452012-01-03T20:17:20.956-08:002012-01-03T20:17:20.956-08:00Write more like this.Write more like this.Yanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543452661425487649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-45013072576713852702012-01-03T11:04:55.206-08:002012-01-03T11:04:55.206-08:00This is interesting philosophy.This is interesting philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-4670679985014324672012-01-03T05:57:31.070-08:002012-01-03T05:57:31.070-08:00Kalpesh, that is hilarious, so spanish fly gets yo...Kalpesh, that is hilarious, so spanish fly gets you the "meaning" ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4780378951044618286.post-25192083685512431462012-01-03T02:02:59.597-08:002012-01-03T02:02:59.597-08:00This article is wonderful as it helps me to get th...This article is wonderful as it helps me to get the sort of information that i needed.I am thankful as i got your article when was searching <a href="http://www.her-libido.com/" rel="nofollow">spanish fly<br /></a>Kalpeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313837622112413715noreply@blogger.com