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  • Dennis Ford
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The Search for Meaning
This chapter is in the book The Search for Meaning
© 2007 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2007 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS IX
  3. Preface: When Meaning Becomes a Question XI
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. PART I. CLASSICAL SOURCES OF MEANING
  6. 2. Myth and Meaning 27
  7. 3. Philosophy and Meaning 53
  8. 4. Science and Meaning 81
  9. 5. Postmodernism and Meaning 112
  10. PART II. CONTEMPORARY SOURCES OF MEANING
  11. 6. Pragmatism and Meaning 143
  12. 7. Archetypal Psychology and Meaning 170
  13. 8. Metaphysics and Meaning 195
  14. 9. Naturalism and Meaning 225
  15. 10. Conclusion 248
  16. Appendix: How Meaning Affects Our Sense of Right and Wrong 261
  17. Notes 265
  18. Bibliography 279
  19. Index 287
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520934207-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS IX
  3. Preface: When Meaning Becomes a Question XI
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. PART I. CLASSICAL SOURCES OF MEANING
  6. 2. Myth and Meaning 27
  7. 3. Philosophy and Meaning 53
  8. 4. Science and Meaning 81
  9. 5. Postmodernism and Meaning 112
  10. PART II. CONTEMPORARY SOURCES OF MEANING
  11. 6. Pragmatism and Meaning 143
  12. 7. Archetypal Psychology and Meaning 170
  13. 8. Metaphysics and Meaning 195
  14. 9. Naturalism and Meaning 225
  15. 10. Conclusion 248
  16. Appendix: How Meaning Affects Our Sense of Right and Wrong 261
  17. Notes 265
  18. Bibliography 279
  19. Index 287
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