The article presents the topic of arguments existence God in works Russian religious philosophers second half 19th — first 20th century. This is found discourse philosophy three variants: putting forward for God, analysis Kant’s criticism proofs statements about meaninglessness consciousness. In all variants, there an inextricable connection between philosophers’ argumentation and their metaphy...

Pragmatist modern architecture tends to dissociate mind and body has been unable dialogue with the human soul, but architectural educator John Hejduk challenged such an understanding of buildings as autonomous objects strove for soul architecture, which had a direct connection good humanity. This paper analyzes how explored design concept “narrative space” reflect on predicament meaninglessness...

BACKGROUND Attention to psycho-socio-spiritual needs is considered critical by patients with life-threatening illnesses and their caregivers. Palliative care interventions that address these needs--particularly spirituality--are lacking. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of an innovative program to address psycho-socio-spiritual needs in patients with life-threatening illnesses. DESIGN A gr...

PURPOSE This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of a newly developed group therapy, called the logo-autobiography program, in improving meaning in life and mental health in the wives of alcoholics. METHODS The program was developed in four steps: literature review, pilot program development, pilot study and detailed program structuring. The pilot program was developed by combining a mo...

Biological information encoded in genomes is fundamentally different from and effectively orthogonal to Shannon entropy. The biologically relevant concept of information has to do with 'meaning', i.e. encoding various biological functions with various degree of evolutionary conservation. Apart from direct experimentation, the meaning, or biological information content, can be extracted and quan...

Depression has repeatedly been found to be a risk factor for completed suicide, particularly when coupled with a pervasive sense of hopelessness. The aim of this study was to evaluate depressed older persons' suicidal experiences. Data were collected by means of individual in-depth interviews with nine informants living in two districts of Norway. A hermeneutic analysis was performed. One main ...

This paper argues that a scientific basis for “presence” as it’s usually understood in virtual environments research, cannot be established on the basis of postexperience presence questionnaires alone. To illustrate the point, an arbitrary mental attribute called “colorfulness of the experience” is conjured up, and a set of questions administered to 74 respondents with an online questionnaire. ...

The image of Max Weber as an “interpretivist” cultural theorist webs significance that people use to cope with a meaningless world reigns largely unquestioned today. This article presents different Weber’s sociology, where meaning does not transport actors over abyss meaninglessness but rather helps them navigate Chance. Retrieving this concept from late writings, we argue the fundamental basis...

The study investigates nugatory struggle of the individuals in fiction Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian. novel is an elaboration what real life has to offer this world. A man being with ability make a choice and he freely decides about his life. irony freedom that no other one can be blamed for actions, committed individual. burden free responsible decisions leads towards condition, we call existe...

Sigmund Freud’s reflections on transience left him surprised that someone could revolt against the process of mourning. In Jonathan Lear’s interpretation transience, is not simply a passing struggle mind, but response to difficulty reality, is, an existential struggle. Central experience according Lear, disbelief in existence afterlife. How might we understand idea afterlife philosophically? I ...