1) Existentialist philosophy 2) Philosophical doctrine 3) Philosophical theory 4) Social theory
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A modern view of reality that denies the existence of essences. Things that exist are what they appear to be only. The being and the appearance of a thing are identical. There are no essences, only existing things. Each thing is what it proclaims itself to be. Man is whatever he makes of himself.
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Existentialism (m) is a term applied to the work of certain late 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual. In existentialism, the individual`s start....
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doctrine of individual human responsibility in an unfathomable universe
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the major school of twentieth century western philosophy inspired largely by Heidegger and based on the conviction that discovering the meaning of human existence is philosophy's main role. This is typically accomplished by means of analogical reasoning, based on the fundamental distinction between existing things and being-itself and/or nothing. (...
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any of the various philosophies dating from about 1930 that have in common an interpretation of human existence in the world that stresses its ... [49 related articles]
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Philosophical theory emphasising existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining his/her own development.
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This is the way of exploring the meaning of relationships as the person experiences them now, without regard to past or future. The person explores relationships from within his own individuality. For comparison, a psychological relationship is anchored in the past because of limitations produced by subconscious determinism. An existential perspect...
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Branch of philosophy based on the situation of the individual in an absurd or meaningless universe where humans have free will. Existentialists argue that people are responsible for and the sole...
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A philosophical doctrine basic to existential psychology or existential psychiatry. It focuses on the individual's subjective awareness of his style of existence, his intimate interaction with himself, and his environment. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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the belief that one shapes one's basic nature through the direction of life one chooses to live.
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A twentieth-century philosophy arguing that ethical human beings are in a sense cursed with absolute
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Existentialism is the environments we find ourselves in, often as a result of exercising personal agency. Read the excellent book Trainspotting By Scottish author Irvine Welsh and recognise this, and more on what the humanistic approach is all about.
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the philosophical movement that views human existence as having a set of underlying themes and characteristics, such as anxiety, dread, freedom, awareness of death, and consciousness of existing, that are primary. That is, they cannot be reduced to or explained by a natural-scientific approach or any approach that attempts to detach itself from or ...
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n] - a 20th-century philosophical movement
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existential philosophy noun (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
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Branch of philosophy based on the situation of the individual in an absurd or meaningless universe where humans have free will. Existentialists argue that people are responsible for and the sole judge of their actions as they affect others. The origin of existentialism is usually traced back to the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard; among its prop...
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a philosophical attitude associated esp. with Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre, and opposed to rationalism and empiricism, that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices.
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