We are very excited to be hosting the sixth \;Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life\, which this time will take place in person on the campus of the University of Liverpool. There&rsquo\;s no need to worry\, though: all talks and Q&\;A sessions will also be live-streamed\, so that remote participation and interaction remains possible. Of course you would then miss your chance of visiting Liverpool\, which according to the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung is the &ldquo\;pool of life&rdquo\;\, which &ldquo\;makes to live&rdquo\;. John Lennon\, who grew up here\, was equally enthusiastic\, though slightly more prosaic: &ldquo\;A good place to wash your hair&rdquo\;\, he said. &ldquo\;Good soft water&rdquo\;. Either way\, Liverpool is well worth a visit.
\nAbout the conference
\nThe question what\, if anything\, makes our life meaningful\, has in recent years received considerable critical attention from philosophers. Yet meaning in life continues to be a fascinatingly rich topic with plenty of aspects that remain controversial or have not been sufficiently explored yet. For instance\, how much difference is there between individuals in terms of what makes life meaningful for us? How much difference is there between cultures? Are non-human animals capable of living meaningful lives? Can inanimate things have a meaningful existence\, and if so\, is what makes their existence meaningful also what makes human existence meaningful? Is there such a thing as anti-meaning? How do we decide which activities are objectively valuable and which not? Do we have a right to meaning? If so\, does it follow that as a society we have an obligation to provide people with what they need to live meaningful lives? Why do we care about meaning in the first place? What exactly would be lost if our life was meaningless? How is meaning in life affected by the changes brought about by the rapid technological advancements we are currently witnessing? Is AI perhaps a greater threat to our ability to live meaningful lives than it is to our survival? \;
\nFULL PROGRAMME
\nDAY 1: 17 June
\nKEYNOTE \;Tatjana Schnell: \;An Empirical Approach to Meaning in Life
\nNathan Emmerich: \;Psychedelics\, Psychotherapy\, and Meaning in Life
\nOluwaseun Sanwoolu:Finding Meaning in Close Personal Relationships with AI
\nFranlu Vulliermet: \;Love\, Loss\, and the Meaning of Life \;
\nArto Tammenoksa: \;The Ascetic Path to Meaning &ndash\; A Phenomenological Approach to Resignation in a World of Empty Transcendences
\nChelsea Shay: \;The Fundamental Threat of Superintelligence: A Loss of Meaning in Modernity
\nBrylea Hollinshead: \;Dispositional Love and Meaning in Life \;Ranzenigo:Existential Necessity
\nLucy Tomlinson: \;This Beautiful\, Meaningful Life
\nJared Parmer: \;Automation\, Value Learning AI\, and the Aftermath of Meaningful Work
\nShawn Graves: \;Love and Meaning in Life \;
\nChristine Susienka: \;Hope and Meaning in Life
\nYing Xue: \;The Risk of Seeking the Meaning of Life and a Hegelian Solution
\nJonathan Strand: \;On Making a Difference
\nKEYNOTE \;Kieran Setiya: \;Meaning and the Afterlife
\nConference Dinner
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\nDAY 2: 18 June
\nJoshua Lewis Thomas: \;In Defence of Sense. Why the Intelligibility View is Still the Most Attractive Analysis of Life&rsquo\;s Meaning
\nJozef Majernik: \;&ldquo\;Life as an Experiment&rdquo\; in Nietzsche&rsquo\;s Gay Science
\nRoland Kipke: \;Meaning in the Life of Children
\nNobuo Kurata: \;Intelligibility Approach of Meaning of Life \;Rabello: The Value of a Meaningful Life
\nThomas Rule: \;Meaning as Horizon
\nThomas Payre: \;A Sartrean Exploration of Meaningfulness in Mindless Actions
\nNatalia Tomashpolskaia: \;Border Situations as Stimuli to Search for the Meaning of Life on the Example of Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s War Experience
\nMasahiro Morioka: \;Phenomenological Structures of &ldquo\;a Life&rdquo\; in the Philosophy of Life&rsquo\;s Meaning
\nIddo Landau:Suffering and Meaning in Life
\nGiulia Codognato: \;Human Nature\, Practices\, and Common Good: How Human Beings Flourish
\nCharlie Potter: \;Life as Lived Experience
\nVincent del Prado: \;Our Corporeal Spell. Embodiment\, Subjectivity\, and the Analytic Philosophy of Meaning in Life \;Shalev: Final Ends and the Two Concepts of Meaningfulness
\nKEYNOTE \;James Tartaglia: \;Neutral Nihilism
\nIrene Liu: \;Meaning and Tradition
\nGeorge Backen: \;The Phenomenology of Meaning
\nFumitake Yoshizawa:Two Kinds of Meaninglessness in Life
\nAnnemarie van Stee: \;Not Altogether Meaningless Lives
\nKiki Berk: \;Beauvoir on Meaning in Life at Old Age
\nPatrick O&rsquo\;Donnell: \;Pessimism on Meaning\, Transcendence\, and Reconciliation
\nCity and Beatles Bus Tour
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\nDAY 3: 19 June
\nPatrick Derns: \;Meaning\, Life\, and Morality &ndash\; Friends or Foes?
\nTravis Rebello: \;The Value of a Meaningful Life
\nAlon Shalev: \;Final Ends and the Two Concepts of MeaningfulnessNoah Jones: \;Utiliarianism and Meaningfulness: Enemies or Friends?
\nNoah Jones: Utilitarianism and Meaningfulness: Friends or Foes?
\nKatherine Martha: \;Narrative\, Meaning\, and Well-Being: Fact or Fiction
\nJonah Goldwater: \;The Hierarchy Account of Meaning in Life
\nEllie Palmer: \;Morality and the Posthumous Self
\nWilliam Pamerleau: \;The Impact of Film on Meaning in Life
\nAyush Nautiyal: \;The Coherency of the Moderate Supernaturalist View in Light of the Mawson-Metz Argument
\nLuke Elson: \;Moral Error Theory and Meaning
\nMarkus Ruether: \;Meaning Objectivism and the Relativity Challenge
\nMatthew Hammerton: \;A Conditional Analysis of Meaning in Life
\nChristopher Earley: \;Witnessing History and Searching for Meaning
\nDamiano Ranzenigo: Existential Necessity
\nAsheel Singh: \;Openness to &lsquo\;Cosmic Realism&rsquo\; about the Meaning of Life
\nJohn Adams: \;Memory\, Wonder and Longing: How the Past Gives Meaning to Our Lives
\nTayron Alberto Achury Torres: \;Perseverance in its Being and the Meaning of Life: A perspective from the Philosophy of Spinoza
\n\nPanel Discussion
\nConcluding Remarks and Outlook
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