The Meaning of Life (Second Revised Edition)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2021)
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A 10,000+ word critical overview of analytic philosophy devoted to life's meaning, with some focus on books and more recent works.

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edition Metz, Thaddeus (2010) "The Meaning of Life (Annotated Bibliography)". In Pritchard, Duncan, Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, pp. : Oxford University Press (2010)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2010) "The Meaning of Life (Annotated Bibliography)". In Pritchard, Duncan, Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy, pp. : Oxford University Press (2010)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2012) "The Meaning of Life". In Zalta, Ed, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, pp. : Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2012)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2015) "The Meaning of Life". In Pritchard, Duncan, What Is This Thing Called Philosophy?, pp. 319-358: Routledge (2015)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2015) "The Meaning of Life (Textbook)". In Pritchard, Duncan, What Is This Thing Called Philosophy?, pp. 319-358: Routledge (2015)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2015) "The Meaning of Life". In Pritchard, Duncan, What Is This Thing Called Philosophy?, pp. 319-358: Routledge (2015)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2015) "The Meaning of Life". In ten Have, Henk, Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics, pp. : Springer (2015)
edition Metz, Thaddeus (2018) "The Meaning of Life". In Crane, Tim, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online, pp. : Routledge (2018)
original Metz, Thaddeus (forthcoming) "The Meaning of Life (textbook)". In Pritchard, Duncan, What Is This Thing Called Philosophy? 2nd edn, pp. : Routledge (forthcoming)

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