Understanding Human Conduct
The Innate and Acquired Meaning of Life
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 2021
190 pages
978-1-7936-3241-8 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding Human Conduct: The Innate and Acquired Meaning of Life presents a new and provocative model of life-meaning. The Consciousness-Meaning (CM) model is founded on two major assumptions: (a) consciousness is a necessary condition for meaning and understanding, and (b) there are two types of life-meaning, innate and acquired. The latter is divided into ordinary and extreme meanings. The CM model successfully deals with human behavior (e.g., crisis of life and suicide) as well as alternative approaches based on philosophy (e.g., existentialism) and science (e.g., evolution).
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 tables;
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-3241-8 (9781793632418)
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Book
10/2021
Lexington Books
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Person
Sam S. Rakover is professor in the Department of Psychology at Haifa University.
Content
Chapter 1: On the Relationship between Worldview and Life-Meaning
Chapter 2: An Infinite Universe that is Indifferent to and Independent of Humans and Their
Actions
Chapter 3: The Consciousness-Meaning (CM) Model: Conceptual Infrastructure
Chapter 4: An Explanation of Consciousness Has Yet to be Found
Chapter 5: Explaining Life-Meaning, Absurdity, And Suicide
Chapter 6: Philosophical and Explanatory Status of Life-Meaning, Absurdity, and Suicide
Chapter 7: The Concept of Life-Meaning is Explanatory and Explained
Chapter 8: Discussion: Comparison of The CM Model with Other Approaches to the Problem
of Life-Meaning
Chapter 2: An Infinite Universe that is Indifferent to and Independent of Humans and Their
Actions
Chapter 3: The Consciousness-Meaning (CM) Model: Conceptual Infrastructure
Chapter 4: An Explanation of Consciousness Has Yet to be Found
Chapter 5: Explaining Life-Meaning, Absurdity, And Suicide
Chapter 6: Philosophical and Explanatory Status of Life-Meaning, Absurdity, and Suicide
Chapter 7: The Concept of Life-Meaning is Explanatory and Explained
Chapter 8: Discussion: Comparison of The CM Model with Other Approaches to the Problem
of Life-Meaning
