Meaning and Universal Concepts

In my last post I said that a key to the meaning of life might lie in our universal concepts that exist in our minds, which we do not invent. Some people may think we do but as was shown we can not make meaning out of raw will alone.
We need to ask the question “where do universals come from”, like the concepts of justice, beauty, good and evil, squares and shapes, values and relationships. Are they just random concepts that have evolved some how by chance to manifest themselves in our minds, or are they like Plato’s forms which live in another realm. Could they not be universal concepts from the mind of God to guide our thinking?
Would it be meaningful if we said that these universal principles and concepts are just there in our head by random chance. I mean do random abstract concepts prove anything? Why should I even take note of them when I can’t even see them and what makes them more worthy than other ideas such as fairies and unicorns. If chance is the reason for their existence then there is no foundation for them. We can use them but what is their worth?

What about Plato’s forms, which exist in another realm, does this explain where universal concepts come from and how they relate to the objective world. I would say the idea is more rational then chance, but the philosophy of the forms still has its weaknesses.
For Plato the forms are just ideas that exist in an eternal realm. These ideas are just floating in an eternal realm. But ideas floating around does not explain how they relate to each other or how one idea’ fits in context with another rationally. Ideas and concepts usually exist in a rational mind. For most people the idea of a realm of universal forms or concepts which we some how can have access to is a fantasy based in nonsense.
Aristotle tried to make it more rational by saying that the objects in the world had the concepts impose in them already and when we think on them we abstract the concepts out of them. But this is still nonsense as how can we see a concept in a material object.

Before I explain the third view, we must decide what our options are. Science would love to be play the reductionism game and tell us that this is just the way the universe is. Our minds have universal concepts, not wanting to think about their existence and foundation from chance. But even if true it does not solve the problem of their worth and meaning. For me I will never accept that meaning can come from an irrational source. As for Plato’s view there is no unity in the system or rational reason for ideas to be floating in another realm. So what is left,

The third view is that universal concepts and ideas, which give us a foundation for meaningful thoughts with contents, are grounded in man being created in the image of God. The universal concepts are the eternal concepts of Gods’ mind imposed in our mind to find connection with the material world. God’s interpretation of reality has been imposed into our minds on a finite level. These random concepts are in fact part of a rational unit of truth held in God’s mind. Because God has interpret the whole of reality according to his plan and will the universe is full of purpose and meaning. Our ideas correspond to God’s interpretation and guide us to find realties ultimate meaning and purpose. Therefore we have rational world where man can have a rational foundation for his thoughts and concepts of which they also correspond to objects in a meaningful way.