The Big Game: From Socrates to Joseph K.
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A conceptual framework to deal with the prevailing mood of uncertainty surrounding the meaning of life is introduced. To begin with, the interconnections between meaning of life, form of life and image of the world are highlighted. As a consequence, the three elements are seen as a tripod supporting human existence. The historical development of such tripod from its origins in ancient Greece is then represented as a game —the Big Game— with players standing for contending images of the world. It is claimed that such game went through three major, destabilizing crises each of which symbolically associated to a judicial episode: the trials of Socrates, Galileo, and Joseph K, respectively. A further claim is made that the first two crises were followed by a reconstruction of the tripod but the last one led to its destruction, thereby depriving the meaning of life from its foundation. Finally, the possibility of a Socratic, post-foundationalist meaning of life concept is pondered.
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