Some argue that our lives derive meaning from our ability to see them as an ongoing story. So is telling our own life story ...

Life can be truly rotten, but words are among the consolations available to us. We spend a lot of time marvelling at works of ...

Difficulties such as loss and depression often make people question how their lives can be meaningful. Sometimes, they seek answers in mystical sayings, such as that everything happens for a reason ...

Psychological and philosophical studies have long shown that a person's subjective moods and emotions have a significant impact on how they experience the “meaning in life.” Philosopher Matthew ...

Dr. David M. Nixon, Ph.D. (Capitol Hill resident, philosophy professor, actor, musician, dancer, animator, painter, and member of local absurdist art pop theater band Awesome) has thought a lot about ...

What does it mean to be human? Or, putting the point a bit more precisely, what are we saying about others when we describe them as human? Answering this question is not as straightforward as it might ...

Research in language philosophy has long interrogated the interplay between normativity and meaning. Central debates focus on how linguistic practices are governed by norms that not only delineate ...