That doesn’t feel sufficient to explain to me “why do humans ask questions like ‘what is the meaning of life’?”
What makes a world state meaningful?
Have you read Steve Byrnes’s [Valence series] 2. Valence & Normativity? I think it’s a remarkably clearly-written (and correct!) illustration of how people relate to what’s meaningful/desirable/positive-valence.[1]
Have you read Steve Byrnes’s [Valence series] 2. Valence & Normativity? I think it’s a remarkably clearly-written (and correct!) illustration of how people relate to what’s meaningful/desirable/positive-valence.[1]
From a perspective similar to (but much more detailed and gears-level than) what J Bostock was talking about.
Not in much detail, thanks!