Existentialism

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Existentialism

Philosophy of the search for meaning

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Importance of the question over the answer

Emphasizes the significance of questioning rather than providing answers

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Currents of Existentialist Philosophers

Classification of existentialist thinkers into atheists and theists

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5 Common Characteristics of Existentialists

Actor vs. Viewer, Subjectivity vs. Objectivity, Freedom and Authenticity, Situatedness of Man, Freedom

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Soren Kierkegaard

Existence is a religious category

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Martin Heidegger

Man is a Dasein (there-being)

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Karl Jaspers

Existence as transcending oneself through limit situations

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Gabriel Marcel

To exist is to co-exist (esse est coesse)

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Jean Paul Sartre

Existence as condemned to freedom

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Man condemned to meaning

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Albert Camus

Existence as living the absurdity of life

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Authentic vs Inauthentic

Values that define a person's life and actions