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Hi,
I've just read A Simple Case for Studying Morals after reading this and I'm still not quite certain what is meant by values here. In fairness, I haven't read all the other things you've linked. If it's there, then sorry for my quibble As I read it, it sometimes seems to be used with 'that which is commonly desired/cared about by people writ large (sometimes it seems individualised as well)', 'a feeling of endorsement' or just synonymous with 'moral'.
Now, I understand that you claim that human values are hard to grasp and as such I'm not asking for the complete necessary and sufficient conditions here. I'm just not sure what it is you're aiming at.
I'm in agreement with the spirit of your piece written here, but I think the claim that emotions make true/false claims is not true. I think it's more reasonably to talk in terms of intentionality and sticking to the term 'information'. That is, emotion is 'about' something. I am not merely angry, but my anger is directed at a particular things. We also express information about our psychological states. We then construct propositions in relation to our emotions. When one says 'emotions are telling us something', I think this is best understood metaphorically.
Note the distinction between these three utterances
1. "Arghhhh"
2. "I am angry at Y."
3. "The cause of my anger is X"
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"What is the meaning of life?"
I've always viewed this as an unclear question. I have no idea what kind of answer one might be satisfied with or even view as being legitimate as a response. I think there's a couple of questions rolled into one with 'what is the meaning of life'.
3. "What is the meaning of life?" = "Does the universe/god/nature/etc have ... (read more)