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Meaning as a Buffer for Existential Anxiety

2014
Not only do humans spend their lives in a densely woven web of meanings, but they also need and want meaning. Although there are a variety of reasons for why this is the case, the current chapter focuses on the function of meaning as an existential anxiety buffer. We argue that the relentless search for meaning is motivated, to a significant extent, by
Pelin Kesebir, Tom Pyszczynski
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Locative and existential meaning of Russian быть

Russian Linguistics, 2008
Принято считать, что замена номинатива на генитив при отрицании свойственна бытийным предложениям, то есть предложениям c нереферентным субъектом. И в этом случае генитивный субъект локативного предложения, такого как Пети нет дома, представляется семантически не мотивированным.
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Towards a cognitive theory of existential meaning

New Ideas in Psychology, 2003
The capacity to attribute meaning to personal experiences may rest on a specialized cognitive system enabling this form of causal reasoning. Close examination of these attributional tendencies suggests that this system may be distinct from those underlying other forms of causal reasoning such as a “theory of mind” system in the behavioral domain, a ...
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Meaning, will to meaning, and Frankl’s existential psychiatry

Philosophical Psychology, 2022
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Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Jun J Mao,, Msce, Lorenzo Cohen, Karen M Mustian   +2 more
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The Existential Framework of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy

2017
This chapter briefly reviews the existential framework and context in which meaning-centered psychotherapy (MCP) for cancer patients was developed. As an introduction to MCP in the cancer setting, readers of this chapter will be exposed to basic existential philosophical and psychotherapeutic constructs that were influential in developing MCP and that ...
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Existential Sentences: Their Structure and Meaning

Language, 1990
Gary Milsark, Michael Lumsden
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The Meaning of Existentialism

The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, 1953
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Existential Meaning: Reflections and Directions

2000
Gary T. Reker, Kerry Chamberlain
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Existential Meaning

2011
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