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Off the top of my head Heidegger pretty directly engages the problem of meaning. That said, when I recently polled a selection of my friends (professionals in t
by samirillian 10y ago
Off the top of my head Heidegger pretty directly engages the problem of meaning. That said, when I recently polled a selection of my friends (professionals in their late 20s) on if they found life to be meaningful and why, none could offer a coherent answer. I was very happy to see this effort on hn; and not surprised to see a dismissive comment at the top, like, "meaning, that tired old problem"
- mbrock 10y agoChapman was involved in some of the earlier collision between AI optimism and Heidegger's critique of cognitivism (via Dreyfus).
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago> Off the top of my head Heidegger pretty directly engages the problem of meaning. And Ecclesiastes addresses the problem of meaninglessness.