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Making Meaning Episode 2: A Fortunate Coalescence

New Books in Psychology

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Aaron James: The standard way that some philosophers but ordinary people think of meaning is sort of framed by the existentialists like, like Sartre or Camus. He says if what's lacking is a start, people feel listless or lacking in meaning and they might be hankering for something bigger to make all this seem meaningful somehow.James: If you're having an ordinary midlife crisis, maybe it could be a crisis of confidence or faith in government and society,. Maybe from not feeling like you're getting your due."

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