Answers to the question of the meaning of life fall into one of three categories:

1. Negative (nihilistic) answers—life is meaningless;
   1. Affirmation—it is good that life is meaningless;
   2. Acceptance—it is bad that life is meaningless, but we accept this;
   3. Rejection—it is bad that life is meaningless, and we reject this;
2. Agnostic (skeptical) answers—we don’t know if  life is meaningful;
   1. The question is unintelligible;
   2. The question is intelligible, but we don’t know if we can answer it;
3. Positive answers—life is meaningful;
   1. Supernatural (theistic) answers—meaning from transcendent gods;
   2. Natural (non-theistic) answers—meaning created/discovered in natural world
      i.      meaning is objective—discovered or found by individual
      ii.     meaning is subjective—created or invented by individuals.