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Evolutionary Perspective on Meaning of Life
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Abhijit Manohar
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World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2025 11 (2). doi: 10.12691/wjssh-11-2-5
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Keywords: Natural selection, Evolution, Occam’s Razor, illusion of qualia, Hyper-active Agency Detection Device, Meaning of life, Philosophical perspectives on purpose of life , qualia, survival without purpose
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Context: The paper compares various meanings of life and proposes the evolutionary perspective as a rigorous scientific understanding of the meaning of life. But evolution produces only a lower goal of perpetuation of genes. Higher goal does not exist. This article compares various philosophical perspectives and examples of survival and reproductive advantage.
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