奇迹、神秘和意义

IF 0.5 3区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Philosophical Papers Pub Date : 2018-11-29 DOI:10.1080/05568641.2018.1462667

A. Schinkel

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本文探讨了奇迹与意义之间的联系，特别是“生命的意义”，尽管奇迹与(哲学)对意义的追求之间存在着强烈的内在联系，但这种联系尚未得到任何持续的关注。奇迹“仅仅”激发了我们对意义的探索，还是它也为我们指明了通往意义的道路?在探索这个问题时，我首先与汉娜·阿伦特(Hannah Arendt)进行了接触，然后研究了约瑟夫·派珀(Josef Pieper)和雷切尔·卡森(Rachel Carson)等人提出的建议，即奇迹的意义在于将我们与存在的奥秘联系起来。神秘中会有意义吗?或者说，奇迹——作为一种面对神秘而迷失语言的状态——与意义相对立吗?这种讨论导致了一个观点，在最近的关于奇迹的文章中强调，奇迹(也)取决于我们赋予事物的意义。在最后一节，我将讨论奇迹作为生命意义的潜在来源，然后回到这个问题，它是否也能指向生命的更深层次的意义。我的结论是，这种观点没有纯粹理性的理由，但这并不会减损奇迹在我们生活中的重要性。

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Wonder, Mystery, and Meaning

Abstract This paper explores the connection between wonder and meaning, in particular ‘the meaning of life’, a connection that, despite strong intrinsic connections between wonder and the (philosophical) search for meaning has not yet received any sustained attention. Does wonder ‘merely’ inspire our search for meaning, or does it also point the way towards meaning? In exploring this question I first engage with Hannah Arendt, then examine the suggestion (by Josef Pieper and Rachel Carson, among others) that the meaning wonder points us to lies in connecting us with the mystery of existence. Can there be meaning in mystery, or is wonder––as a state of being lost for words in the face of mystery––rather antithetical to meaning? This discussion leads to the idea, emphasized in recent writing on wonder, that wonder (also) depends on the meaning we ascribe to things. In the final section I discuss wonder as a potential source of meaning in life, then return to the question whether it can also point towards a deeper meaning of life. I conclude that no purely rational justification can be given for this view, but that this need not detract from the importance of wonder in our lives.

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