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18 Νοε 2023 · This article proposes the concept of finitude for the negative element of human life, aims to clarify the central concepts of meaning in life and meaning-making, and offers a short intellectual historical background on questioning existential psychology and meaning in life.
In a classic book on existential psychotherapy, Irvin Yalom (1980) described four key “givens of existence”: the problem of death and finitude, the threat of meaninglessness, the challenge of freedom, and the pain of existential isolation.
26 Νοε 2019 · In Greek mythology, Eros is the god of love, and Thanatos is the god of death, making them opposite of one another. The story of Eros and Thanatos inspired Sigmund Freud to create a psychological theory that a person’s instincts fall into one of two categories: the Eros category or the Thanatos category.
Death is a state of the total disappearance of life. Dying is a process of decay of the vital system, which ends with clinical death. In modern medicine, the flat line in the record of electroencephalography (EEG) or lack of brain function is most commonly considered as a criterion of death.
9 Οκτ 2021 · Bereavement is an ongoing process of negotiation and meaning-making in which widows and widowers make sense of the changed nature of their relationship with their deceased spouse.
17 Αυγ 2023 · The only certainty in life is death. But what can the philosophy of death uncover about it? In this article we will explore five different philosophical theories.
12 Φεβ 2022 · I offer an overview of the book, Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life, summarizing the main issues, arguments, and conclusions (Fischer 2020). I also present some new ideas and further developments of the material in the book.
