To successfully look for life beyond our own solar system, astrobiologists desperately need a viable definition of life. Even after a century or so of debate, they lack a viable universal definition ...

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 ...

There is a growing consensus among social scientists and philosophers alike that a sense of life’s meaning and purpose is a key aspect of flourishing, and one that is not reducible either to happiness ...

Presaging Frankl’s emphasis on the congenital need for some sense of meaning and purpose in life, Carl Jung states, “I have observed that a life directed to an aim is in general better, richer, and ...

When the meaning of life is brought up, the usual attitude towards it is mystification. Few people in modern times take the meaning of life for granted. They assume that it is the same as the mystery ...

One viewpoint: Without the idea of cosmic order or divine design, life will lack depth, direction, framework, moral foundation, purpose, etc. It will lose human aspiration and significance, reverence ...

All my life I've studied and worked hard, but I've realised that there's much more to life than that. I've slowly come to realise that it's not about happiness, wealth or material success either. But ...

Finding a sense of meaning in life is consistently linked to lower levels of depression across hundreds of independent samples. A sweeping new review published in the Journal of Affective Disorders ...