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WiP - Camil Golub / Love, grief, and meaning

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WiP - Camil Golub / Love, grief, and meaning

Philosophy Wednesday, September 11, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Skinner Building, 1116

Our Work in Progress series welcomes Camil Golub, from Rutgers University, Newark Campus, who will talk about "Love, grief, and meaning." The abstract follows.

How can grief in response to losing a loved one rationally diminish over time, given that the loss and its significance seemingly remain the same? I propose an answer to this puzzle centered on the idea that we can find meaning in the loss of a loved one by understanding how that loss has shaped who we are, or how it fits into a broader story about the world, without attributing value in any substantive sense to the loss. Thus, making sense of a loss through narratives can rationally support the diminution of grief even if the evaluative facts about that loss remain unchanged.

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Our Work in Progress series welcomes Camil Golub, from Rutgers University, Newark Campus, who will talk about "Love, grief, and meaning." The abstract follows.

How can grief in response to losing a loved one rationally diminish over time, given that the loss and its significance seemingly remain the same? I propose an answer to this puzzle centered on the idea that we can find meaning in the loss of a loved one by understanding how that loss has shaped who we are, or how it fits into a broader story about the world, without attributing value in any substantive sense to the loss. Thus, making sense of a loss through narratives can rationally support the diminution of grief even if the evaluative facts about that loss remain unchanged.

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