# The Death of Meaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Philosophy\ **Created:** [November 3, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-death-of-meaning/3169 "2013-11-03T00:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-death-of-meaning/3169/10 "2024-12-26T19:29:27Z")
> [@citizenschallengev4](#): > > Why do attempts at “deepity” bring such repulsion Since they didn’t say they were referring to, can’t really comment, but my guess is they are using the word wrong. A deepity is something that sounds profound, but it’s really not. The first few posts are pretty, so, not deepities. I miss @gertdeboer too. This was his last post > [@E.O. Wilson: Science, Not Philosophy, Will Explain the Meaning of Existence](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/e-o-wilson-science-not-philosophy-will-explain-the-meaning-of-existence/10274/25): > > Yes and no. In the domain of philosophy, I think it is really correct not to take her seriously. And I do not know how the general public would react, when (many) academic philosophers would publicly declare she is/was not a philosopher. ‘Ivory tower’, ‘fake science’ are just 2 reactions I can think of. But it is important to notice that she never went into serious discussions with academic philosophers. Of course not! Didn’t I say: Social Darwinism: another example of the naturalistic fal… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-death-of-meaning/3169)._