Narrative and the Meaning of Life
November 9, 2025
Humans are uniquely storytelling creatures who can narrate the events of their own lives. Some…
Meaning Tagged Episodes
Frege and the Language of Reason
January 14, 2024
At the end of the 19th Century, the German philosopher Gottlob Frege invented a new…
Referring to the World: Ken’s Final Work
October 29, 2023
On December 2, 2019, Ken Taylor announced that he finally had “an almost complete draft”…
Camus and the Absurd
November 8, 2020
Albert Camus is most famous for his existential works of fiction including The Stranger as…
More Than Pun and Games
April 7, 2019
Puns have been called both the highest and lowest form of humor. There is something…
The Lure of Immortality
October 1, 2017
Would you want to live forever? It’s a tempting notion that has been explored and imagined…
Finding Meaning in a Material World
February 28, 2016
All there is in the world is physical stuff. That is the fundamental assumption of…
Faith, Reason, and the Art of Living
January 31, 2016
It sounds plausible to require that all our beliefs be based on evidence and sound…
How Words Work: From Noise to Meaning
May 17, 2015
Humans have an amazing capacity to communicate. By uttering sounds we are able to convey…
Wisdom
December 1, 2013
Philosophy is the love of wisdom – or is it? Is this traditional definition outmoded?…
Philosophy for the Young: Corrupting or Empowering?
September 2, 2012
Socrates was executed for corrupting the youth. In America, youth below college age are usually…
Humanism
July 29, 2012
Humanism as a movement arose with the Renaissance. It took powerful expression with the Enlightenment,…
Nihilism and Meaning
January 1, 2012
The ancients believed in an enchanted universe – a universe suffused with meaning and purpose.…
Work
September 6, 2009
Is work the curse of the working class? Or a human’s best opportunity for happiness…
Faith, Reason, and Science
August 2, 2009
Does faith obscure reason? Does reason obscure faith? Or perhaps their subject matters are different.…
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