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existentialism definition
a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of will!!
(focuses on the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate acts of responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of )
FATALISM
the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable, leading individuals to accept their fate without resistance.
(Suggests that human action does not matter; the world is ruled by destiny or fate.)
NIHILISM
the philosophical belief that life is meaningless, rejecting all religious and moral principles. It posits that existence lacks inherent value or purpose.
(Essentially a theory in which a person believes in nothing– life is meaningless and all concepts and actions are empty. )
SKEPTICISM
a philosophical attitude questioning the possibility of certainty in knowledge. It challenges the validity of beliefs and claims, advocating for critical examination of accepted truths.
(Exists within the larger idea of Epistemology– the study of how we know things. Deals with whether or not we can know or believe that we know that we have any knowledge about something. In other words, we constantly question and deny information that we are given.)
ABSURDISM
Conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any. In this context absurd does not mean "logically impossible", but rather "humanly impossible"
Modernism
(A philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The rapid growth of cities, followed then by reactions of horror to the first world war helped shape modernism.)
