Cassedy, Steven
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서명/저자사항 | What do we mean when we talk about meaning?/ Steven Cassedy. |
개인저자 | Cassedy, Steven,author. |
발행사항 | New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2022]. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Cassedy, Steven. What do we mean when we talk about meaning? New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2022] 9780190936907 |
ISBN | 9780190936938 0190936932 9780190936921 0190936924 9780190936914 0190936916 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
요약 | "This book explores the word meaning as it is used in such expressions as "the meaning of life," "the search for meaning," "ultimate meaning." In many of the "metaphysical" contexts where we find the word meaning, it appears to mean "purpose," "value," "goal," "direction," and even "God." The book answers the following questions: How did the English word meaning come to carry these various sub-senses, given that its original sense has to do with signifying? When did the notion of a "meaning of life" arise in English and other languages? How does the English word meaning, which is a verbal noun, differ in these usages from the roughly equivalent words in other European languages? How did the word evolve in usage over time? How has it been used in recent decades? The book's chapters show that the usage is relatively recent, arising in the late eighteenth century in German romanticism and passing into English in the early nineteenth century; that the English word functions differently from the way its European near-equivalents do, thanks to its ability to suggest signifying and hence interpretation; that it is seldom defined and hence ambiguous and polyvalent; that it functions today in a wide variety of contexts, including psychotherapy and the continuing conversation between secularism and religion; and that ambiguity and polyvalence are actually the source of its power, since those qualities allow for flexibility in the way the word is understood"-- |
해제 | Provided by publisher. |
일반주제명 | Meaning (Philosophy) Meaning (Philosophy) --Religious aspects --Christianity. Meaning (Philosophy) Meaning (Philosophy) --Religious aspects --Christianity. |
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