Do We Need a Soul to Have Meaning or Purpose? @NourFoundation
Do We Need a Soul to Have Meaning or Purpose? @NourFoundation
Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Jay Lombard and Massimo Pigliucci discuss whether or not questions of meaning and purpose can be adequately addressed without a concept of a soul or of God.

This is an excerpt from "The Power of Meaning: The Quest for an Existential Roadmap" recorded on October 10, 2017 at The New York Academy of Sciences. For the video of the complete discussion, see: youtu.be/54YFiMrQ_do
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Do We Need a "Soul" to Have Meaning or Purpose?

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