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

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 ...

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 ...

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

We raise various puzzles about the relationship between God (if God exists) and the meaning of life (if life has meaning). These difficulties suggest that, even if we ...

Sandra Woien does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Elon Musk gave insight into his "motivating philosophy" during an interview at the TED conference. The billionaire said he finds purpose in questioning reality and the meaning of life. Musk also ...

Philosophy, he shows us, is not about abstractly pondering death, but preparing to meet it with dignity — just as Kalanithi had. In the end, the greatest challenge for both the physician and the ...

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 ...