Objective purpose is an alternative? Universal, fundamental purpose?
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2Please add some background about what connects to this and what you expect to find out?– Scott RoweCommented Nov 2, 2023 at 11:04
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2We do not know... Many philosophers speculated about this; see e.g. Teleology and Divine Providence. Contra, see Hope and Existentialism.– Mauro ALLEGRANZACommented Nov 2, 2023 at 11:06
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@Corbin Is this an answer? If so, can you support your assertion?– MeanachCommented Nov 3, 2023 at 9:01
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@Meanach: It's like asking "does the universe have objective justice" or "does the universe exhibit objective beauty;" because purpose is a social construction, each person is free to define purpose in their own way, and there is no such thing as objective purpose.– CorbinCommented Nov 3, 2023 at 15:53
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@ Corbin. Why are you so sure?– MeanachCommented Nov 3, 2023 at 18:37
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A purpose is something related to the one that "has" it. If I have a purpose it means that I pursue something or that I am made in order to do something. So the purpose is either a self realization or the goal of a creator. By taking the analogy to the universe (if we assume that a purpose exists) there seem to be two alternatives:
- Someone (God) created the universe for a purpose.
- The universe has an intrinsic realization of purpose, perhaps as an aggregation of the purposes of all living beings, or something like that.
I beleive - but it is just an instinct - that the way to find the purpose is by trying to make a reconciliation of both these views.
