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Work #359 · Mid-late

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl
1946 (German original); 1959 (English translation) · German
Memoir + psychological theory · 20th-century existential psychology

Viktor Frankl's founding text of logotherapy — combining concentration-camp memoir with existential psychology

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Attribute Man's Search for Meaning (Mid-late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Man's Search for Meaning

The temporal life of meaning-finding.

Space

Man's Search for Meaning

The concentration camps as the extreme setting; the broader human life.

Matter

Man's Search for Meaning

Embodied human life under extreme conditions.

Observer

Man's Search for Meaning

The meaning-seeking human person.

Energy

Man's Search for Meaning

The energies of meaning-finding response.

Information

Man's Search for Meaning

The psychological-philosophical framework of logotherapy.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Man's Search for Meaning

Frankl's logotherapy in continuing dialogue with Freudian and Adlerian psychology.