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The No-Self View and the Meaning of Life
- Philosophy East and West
- University of Hawai'i Press
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- 10.1353/pew.0.0157
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Several philosophers, both in Buddhist and Western philosophy, claim that the self does not exist. The no-self view may, at first glance, appear to be a reason to believe that life is meaningless. In the present article, I argue indirectly in favor of the no-self view by showing that it does not entail that life is meaningless. I then examine Buddhism and argue, further, that the no-self view may even be construed as partially grounding an account of the meaning of life.
eliminativism about the self, no-self view, meaning of life, nihilism, existentialism, Buddhism
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