The Problem of Meaning in Life

People sometimes find themselves confronted by this problem of meaning in life, which seems sort of bigger than any of the practical problems that we tend to face. So it's often when people encounter some kind of intractable practical problem, or seemingly intractable Practical Problems starts to seem to loom large. It's in virtue of thinking that meanings have to be fixed that we would be tempted to tip into nihilism when they seem to fall apart. And chapman would say, this is happening kind of often on on a micro scale too.

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