61. Jean Paul Sartre Biography Read a biography about Jean Paul Sartre and his philosophy of existentialism. http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/philosophy/sartre.html

biography philosophy Home Philosophy Index > Sartre Site Map Slide Shows Guest Book Links ... Support Us Jean Paul Sartre      Jean Paul Sartre was born in Paris, June 21, 1905 as the first child of a marriage entered into a little over a year previously. His father, Jean-Baptiste, had meanwhile died of an infection contracted whilst serving in the French navy, Jean Paul grew up in the home of his maternal grandfather, Karl Schweitzer.     This Karl Schwietzer was a professor of German language at the Sorbonne, the author of numerous published works, and also an uncle of the celebrated medical missionary Albert Schwietzer.    Other circumstances than the demise of his father also conspired to make Sartre's childhood difficult. He was noticeably small in stature and obviously cross-eyed besides being over-intelligent and bookish. His mother was also cloyingly affectionate.     The difficulty Sartre found in gaining acceptance, and his precociousness, together with grandfather Karl's tutoring, led to his putting together a book entitles Les Mots (The Words) which related the experience of himself and his mother in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris in search of childhood playmates.    He was inducted into the French military following the outbreak of European war in 1939 and was detailed to serve in a meterological section charged with the management of weather balloons. He was subsequently captured in June 1940 and imprisoned into 1941 by the Germans.

62. Philosophy Graduate Schools Friendly To Continental Philosophy Social and Political philosophy, Critical Theory, existentialism, Social Phenomenology William McBride, Professor, Ph.D., Yale University. http://www.earlham.edu/~phil/gradsch.htm

Philosophy Graduate Schools Friendly to Continental Philosophy Last Updated: September 2, 2005 Philosophy Department Earlham College Graduate Programs in Continental Philosophy." let me know "Continental philosophy" means the serious, non-analytic study of the history of philosophy. I do not believe that continental philosophy is best studied in analytic departments. The following list includes the exciting departments in the US, which offer compelling and thought-provoking philosophy. I do not list non-philosophy departments or programs, because, if I were to do that, the list would be much more difficult to maintain and I do not have the knowledge to maintain such a list. So I am restricting myself to philosophy departments. The schools are in alphabetical order. This is not a ranking. Of course these schools are not equal in quality or in friendliness to Continental philosophy. I provide more information about some graduate programs (a very brief description and the list of the faculty). I only list those faculty members who concentrate on some aspect of continental philosophy. I do not list the other members of such departments, you can find them by visiting their webpages. Hopefully, there will be soon some information for all departments. Any input in this effort is appreciated. Yet, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep this page current, so please be patient with the suggested updates. If you are looking for a Continental graduate program, you need to get current information on these schools (from their catalogues, from their web sites, or from their current students) and make your decision in that light. This list provides these links in order to make that job a little easier.

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Mouse Over Creativity Must Move. Like the 4 Noble Truths in buddhism Existential ethics is a meta ethics, giving rules for determining better and worse in ANY situation. Morals in existentialist view were rules in some conform community. In other words, in existential ethics moralistic (seen as morals of 1 culture ) could be totally different from ethical (metarules for all cultural paradigms 1 metarule in evolution is: "honor all life". The Phillipines in 2004 used precisely this rule for the DECISION to withdraw troups from Iraq. Existentialism is quite theoretical but also very practical. It preferred personal choice, but thought it was inevitable to make COMPROMISES Henk Tuten: WRONG, compromising is like the POLITICS of adding water to milk, and is corruptive. Existentialism was an active ethics. Thought needs training in talking and debate (though that's NOT freedom of speech ). The existential ACTION 'Faith' requires according personal deeds. Basics of Existentialism: · Every existentialist is always looking for individual essence , because all humans are presumed to have a free will · All actions are the result of DECISIONmaking . Good decisions don't exist, only better or worse (

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66. Existentialism existentialism arises with the collapse of the idea that philosophy can provide substantive The philosophy of existentialism, New York Citadel Press. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/

version history HOW TO CITE THIS ENTRY Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A ... Z This document uses XHTML/Unicode to format the display. If you think special symbols are not displaying correctly, see our guide Displaying Special Characters last substantive content change AUG The Encyclopedia Now Needs Your Support Please Read How You Can Help Keep the Encyclopedia Free Existentialism Nausea and No Exit ) than through his more purely philosophical ones (such as Being and Nothingness and Critique of Dialectical Reason) It is sometimes suggested, therefore, that existentialism just is this bygone cultural movement rather than an identifiable philosophical position; or, alternatively, that the term should be restricted to Sartre's philosophy alone. But while a philosophical definition of existentialism may not entirely ignore the cultural fate of the term, and while Sartre's thought must loom large in any account of existentialism, the concept does pick out a distinctive cluster of philosophical problems and helpfully identifies a relatively distinct current of twentieth- and now twenty-first century philosophical inquiry, one that has had significant impact on fields such as theology (through Rudolf Bultmann, Paul Tillich, Karl Barth, and others) and psychology (from Ludwig Binswanger and Medard Boss to Otto Rank, R. D. Laing, and Viktor Frankl). What makes this current of inquiry distinct is not its concern with "existence" in general, but rather its claim that thinking about human existence requires new categories not found in the conceptual repertoire of ancient or modern thought; human beings can be understood neither as substances with fixed properties, nor as atomic subjects primarily interacting with a world of objects.

67. Existentialsim By Roger Jones existentialism, Introduction to philosophy since the Enlightenment by Roger The roots of existentialism began with Kierkegaard in the first half of the http://www.philosopher.org.uk/existen.htm

Existentialism The roots of existentialism began with Kierkegaard in the first half of the 19th century. He was critical of Hegel's philosophical system which analysed being (or existence) in an abstract and impersonal way. Kierkegaard was concerned with the individuals subjective experience of what it is to exist as a human being. For Kierkegaard the individual constantly has to choose what s/he is to become without recourse to the findings of science and philosophy. As we saw in the philosophy of god section Kierkegaard thought that the individual could chose to have a religious faith in the face of an absurd world Edmund Husserl The German phenomenologist Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) was influential in the development of methods that were later used by the existentialists. A phenomenologist is interested in things as they appear to consciousness, rather than things-in-themselves (See Kant). This emphasis on the individuals subjective consciousness was continued in the 20th century as existentialism developed. Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) studied under Husserl. Heidegger was interested in the "question of being". He thought that western philosophy had been over obsessed with the problem of knowledge. For Heidegger the individual as being-in-the-world was characterised by action and anxiety: knowing the world is not our primary way of being in the world. In his later works, Heidegger became more interested in the history of concepts in language. He regarded his investigations as an attempt to disclose or uncover the concealed nature of being. His most fundamental question was: why should there be being at all, when there could be nothing? Although Heidegger claimed he was not an "existentialist", his influence on Sartre and the existentialist movement is undeniable.

68. Philosophy Now Schulz’s philosophy, a bumpersticker version of existentialism should prove existentialism has been accused of being defeatist and depressing (and http://www.philosophynow.org/issue44/44radke.htm

Current Issue Contents Editorial News Dear Socrates ... Moral Moments Resources Archive Bookstore Calendar Links ... Search Information About Us Shop Back Issues Subscriptions ... Contact Us Site News New search engine! Detailed results to help you find the articles you want. Philosophy Now Meetup Join your local discussion group today. Articles Nathan Radke claims that Charlie Brown is an existentialist. Our anti-hero sits, despondent. He is alone, both physically and emotionally. He is alienated from his peers. He is fearfully awaiting a punishment for his actions. In desperation, he looks to God for comfort and hope. Instead, his angst overwhelms him, and manifests itself as physical pain. There is no comfort to be found. There has been much discussion concerning Peanuts as a voice of conservative Christianity, including several books such as the 1965 work The Gospel According to Peanuts It should also be noted that while Schulz did not consider himself religious, neither did he refer to himself as an existentialist. In fact, he was unfamiliar with the term until the mid 1950s, when he stumbled across a few newspaper articles about Jean-Paul Sartre. He was certainly not formally schooled in philosophical works. And yet, his simple line drawings provide illumination into the questions and problems raised by existentialism. is good? What

69. Philosophy Now existentialism as a philosophical movement stretches from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Its leading figures included such giants as Søren http://www.philosophynow.org/archive/articles/32steinbauer.htm

Current Issue Contents Editorial News Dear Socrates ... Moral Moments Resources Archive Bookstore Calendar Links ... Search Information About Us Shop Back Issues Subscriptions ... Contact Us Site News New search engine! Detailed results to help you find the articles you want. Philosophy Now Meetup Join your local discussion group today. Articles Existentialism An introduction by Anja Steinbauer really means to be human, revealing the human being in her genuine and 'naked' existence. For this purpose all outside decorum has to be peeled away: social and professional status, wealth and power, education, virtue, honour - all must be stripped away to leave just the human being. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) very clearly perceived the demonic and precarious behind the world of appearances. On this basis he set about reinterpreting classical Greek culture as well as unmasking the nature of his own time. Art and literature developed alongside existentialist thought. In them too, the cry for genuineness makes itself heard. Death, fear and horror become prominent themes, but these negative `moments' are emphasised as contributing to a positive determination of humanity. This positive determination, however, is nothing but existence itself. What does 'existence' mean? In contrast to 'essence', which is a thing's fundamental nature, existence is the quality of factually 'being there'. In Western philosophy, the term goes back to classical Roman thought: 'ex-sistere' means 'to step out', i.e. to enter into the world of facts. Traditionally, all things of the world were seen to be brought into existence by an outside force, namely God. God alone was true 'ex-sistence', emerging from himself and by himself, the only being whose

70. Philosophical Dictionary: Erasmus-Extrinsic Branch of philosophy concerned with the evaluation of human conduct. Recommended Reading existentialism From Dostoevsky to Sartre , ed. by Walter http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/e9.htm

Philosophy Pages F A Q Dictionary ... Locke Erasmus, Desiderius Dutch humanist . Erasmus produced editions of classical texts far superior to those of the medieval period and, in Diatribe de libero arbitrio (Discourse on Free Will) at Amazon.com freedom of individual human beings. The Ecomium moriae id est Laus stultitiae Praise of Folly at Amazon.com Colloquia at Amazon.com Recommended Reading: Christian Humanism and the Reformation: Selected Writings of Erasmus at Amazon.com Erasmus: His Life, Works and Influence at Amazon.com Also see IEP ColE BIO , and ELC Eratosthenes 276-197 BCE African mathematician who discovered a method for identifying prime numbers and calculated the circumference of the earth. Eratosthenes served for several decades as head of the famous Greek library at Alexandria. Recommended Reading: P. M. Fraser, Eratosthenes of Cyrene at Amazon.com Also see WSB ColE MMT , and BIO Erfahrung German term for empirical observation. Erigena, John Scotus Irish philosopher. In De Divisione Naturae On the Distribution of Nature ) (863), Erigena notoriously combined Greek and neoplatonic elements into a highly rationalized scheme in which everything both emanates from and later is reabsorbed by god. Although the divine is incomprehnsible for Erigena, god may be known indirectly, as manifested in the created order. The views on human

71. About Existentialism, Existentialists, And Existentialist Philosophy Existential philosophy is more a trend or attitude than it is coherent school or movement because it is intensely subjective. As a result, existentialist http://atheism.about.com/od/existentialism/

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72. Types Of Existentialism: Existentialist Philosophy Comes In Many Forms And Schoo existentialism can appear in a number of different forms. Because it is not a single school of philosophy, existentialist ideas and perspectives can become http://atheism.about.com/od/existentialismtypes/

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74. Existentialism - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (Redirected from Existential philosophy). existentialism is a philosophical movement that views the individual, the self, the individual s experience, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_philosophy

Existentialism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Existential philosophy Existentialism is a philosophical movement that views the individual, the self, the individual's experience, and the uniqueness therein as the basis for understanding the nature of human existence. The philosophy generally reflects a belief in freedom and accepts the consequences of individual actions, while acknowledging the responsibility attendant to the making of choices. Existentialists prefer subjectivity , and can view human beings as subjects in an indifferent and often ambiguous universe. Contents Overview Major concepts in existentialism "Existence precedes essence" Existentialism before 1970 ... edit Overview Existentialism was inspired by the works of Arthur Schopenhauer S¸ren Kierkegaard Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the German philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche Edmund Husserl , and Martin Heidegger . It became particularly popular in the mid- 20th century with the works of the French writer-philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir . The main tenets of the movement are set out in Sartre's L'Existentialisme est un humanisme , translated as Existentialism is a Humanism Although many, if not most, existentialists were

75. Continental Philosophy Bultmann, Rudolph (see existentialism,Religion Continental philosophy). Benson, Joshua. Bultmann s Theory of Interpretation ; Bibliography Rudolph http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/continental/

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76. Existentialism 20th-century Philosophical Movement Research existentialism at the Questia.com online library. http://www.questia.com/library/philosophy/20th-century-and-contemporary/existent

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78. Existentialism Kierkegaard And Sartre Kierkegaard, Sartre, existentialism Existentialist philosophy existentialism is philosophical and literary tendency that typically displays a http://age-of-the-sage.org/philosophy/existentialism.html

what is Existentialism? Existentialist philosophy Home Philosophy Index > Existentialism Site Map Slide Shows Guest Book Links ... Support Us The origins of Existentialism   Soren Kierkegaard was the first philosopher to actually consider that he wrote about Existentialism. Since his time existential approaches to philosophy about life have grown very greatly in influence and also appeared in several forms influenced by numerous writers and thinkers. In retrospect several writers who lived before Kierkegaard are seen as having been concerned with the same subject matter. All these earlier and later writers works have influenced the modern world - and perhaps by more than we can know.   After the Second World War was there was a most notable upsurgence of enthusuiasm amongst substantial sections of the rising generation and the intelligentsia for philosophic ideas concerned with existential approaches to life. The writer principally looked to during this phase of the popularisation of an atheistic and humanistic approach to Existentialist philosophy was Jean Paul Sartre. Well, what is Existentialism?

79. Existential Primer: Introduction existentialismphilosophyFictionTheologyPsychologyBeforeBeyond existentialism, and philosophy in general, is infected with a variety of lexicons, http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/exist.html

skip to: page content links on this page site navigation footer (site information) The Existential Primer Tameri Guestbook About Existentialism ... Existentialists Introduction to Existentialism Introduction Definitions Ethics Divisions ... Resources Related Links Linked to The Primer Please consider making a donation to the Existential Primer (and my graduate studies…) Basic Existentialism Restrain your biases and suppress your notions as to what existentialism is. I seldom encounter individuals without “rubber stamp” answers for what is existential, what constitutes existentialism, and who were/are the existentialists. If you wish to learn something about existentialism — read on. If you seek dark, depressing thoughts about alienation and hopelessness… watch 24-hour news channels. Those most often associated with “existentialism” failed to form a cohesive philosophical discipline based on existential theories. Existentialism, while taught at universities, cannot point to leaders in the same way idealism or rationalism can. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are forerunners of existentialism. If we want to thank, or blame, two men for radical individualism, we could start with them. There were others before them, but most texts on existentialism seem to firmly place them at the the base. Radical individualism is not existentialism, however.

80. PHILOSOPHY 2710 Or, to put the matter differently, existentialism is that area which of existentialism that the traditional tools of philosophical exposition and http://www.schotch.ca/philosophy 2710.htm

PHILOSOPHY 2710 "Existentialism" Wednesday 7:00PM-9:30PM Scotiabank Auditorium, McCain Building Note This information should not be regarded as authoritative. Any changes to the syllabus will be reflected first and foremost on the webct page for the class. What The Class Is About The class is an introduction to existential thought. This is a collection of themes from 19th and 20th Century lierature and philosophy, largely relating to the position of human beings in the world. Or, to put the matter differently, existentialism is that area which attempts to answer such questions as "What are the issues which confront us by virtue of our being human?" Some writers take "existence" to be such an issue and, in effect define humans as those creatures for whom "being" is an issue. Other writers are more concerned with action and with interaction between human beings. It is constituative of existentialism that the traditional tools of philosophical exposition and argument are often pushed into the background in favor of other methods, such as literary methods. This class will examine both streams and encourage students to participate on as many levels as possible. What You Should Do The aim of this class is to be interesting, useful, and meaningful to you. For it to succeed, you'll have to:

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