We are constantly involved into the process of researching and investigating the philosophic meaning of life. Through the prism of ignorance, and at the intersection of postmodernism, existentialism, and post-structuralism, we gradually realize the relevance of meaningful concepts in our daily performance. All these concepts shape our daily attitudes towards everything that surrounds us; and whether we are able to choose the right direction totally depends on our understanding of the philosophic meaning of life.
We are constantly involved into the process of researching and investigating the philosophic meaning of life. Through the prism of ignorance, and at the intersection of postmodernism, existentialism, and post-structuralism, we gradually realize the relevance of meaningful concepts in our daily performance. We seek the relevant philosophic resolution to the problem of meaning; as a result, the meaning appears to be a smooth transition between separate acts of speech that was impossible without utilization of language (Gendlin, 1997).
We try to distinguish between the positive and negative implications of ignorance; whether right or wrong, ignorance always appears to be a matter of one’s choice (Living Color, 2008). Finally, we try to evaluate postmodernism against other philosophies of meaning; at this point, we realize the subjectivity of postmodernism as opposed to the universalism and objective reality promoted by Kant and Tolstoy (Heinegg, 2003). Thought, ignorance, and meaning form the philosophic continuity of our lives. We do not question the relevance of meaning as such, but we understand that meaning is nothing without language.
Thus, language becomes the key to the world, and we use language to convey multiple meanings to those around us. We do not think of whether ignorance is right or wrong, but we secretly treat ignorance as bliss. We refer to ignorance as the means to avoid moral tortures. Very often, ignorance saves us from unnecessary negative emotions: one will not feel embarrassed until he (she) knows that he (she) has stained the shirt at lunch. However, we also rule our ignorance to the point, where it becomes the justification of our morally wrong actions.
We find ourselves in the midst of the confusing multiplicity of meanings and subjective realities, and pressured by the postmodern trends, we deny the existence of universal and widely recognized truths. All these concepts shape our daily attitudes towards everything that surrounds us; and whether we are able to choose the right direction totally depends on our understanding of the philosophic meaning of life.
References
Gendlin, E. T. (1997). Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning. The Focusing Institute Website. Retrieved December 21, 2008 from http://www.focusing.org/ecmpreface.html