If your young child asks "what's the meaning of life?" You might laugh it off (how cute!) or freeze in panic (where do I even begin?). But children know otherwise. They ask big questions like "Why are ...

Difficulties such as loss and depression often make people question how their lives can be meaningful. Sometimes, they seek answers in mystical sayings, such as that everything happens for a reason ...

Psychological and philosophical studies have long shown that a person's subjective moods and emotions have a significant impact on how they experience the “meaning in life.” Philosopher Matthew ...

This week 25 years ago saw the death of three prominent figures: Britain’s Princess Diana, Mother Teresa and the psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. One of them had a profound ...

When I was young it crossed my mind to wonder what the purpose of life was, so, thinking that it might help, I bought a copy of Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy. Not only that, I ...

Many people believe that Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was the 20th century’s most important philosopher. It is somewhat ironic, then, that he is probably best known for waving a poker at fellow ...