Why Animals and People have Different Meanings in Life

The problem with John Vervaeke’s answer to the big philosophical question

Benjamin Cain
Grim Tidings
Published in
6 min readDec 25, 2023

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The cognitive scientist John Vervaeke distinguishes between meaning in life and the meaning of life. The former can be answered by looking at the function of our ways of thinking and behaving, but the latter is metaphysical or theological, and it’s…

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Benjamin Cain
Grim Tidings

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom