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Analytic Existentialism

Analytic Existentialism

Analytic Existentialism

Analytic Existentialism

 

This volume brings together ten essays in which analytic philosophers engage with existentialism. They take up central existentialist themes, such as freedom, consciousness, and bad faith. All demonstrate that existentialism and analytic philosophy can come together to capture the imagination and rekindle the excitement of philosophical thought.


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Beschrijving Analytic Existentialism

Existentialist philosophy has, at times, been exceptionally popular. This is because of its promise of possibility, both in doctrine and in style: Its doctrine promises that we can break free from the shackles of cognitive or social structures we are thrown into, and we can overcome our marred personal or collective history. Its style promises that philosophy can be exciting, moving, exhilarating, and funny.

Analytic Existentialism brings together ten essays in which analytic philosophers engage with existentialism. The essays take up central existentialist themes, such as freedom, consciousness, and bad faith. Some bring existentialist ideas to bear on issues in contemporary analytic philosophy; some engage analytically with existentialist concerns; some employ the methods of analytic philosophy to interpret existentialist texts; and some articulate how existentialist insights speak to ongoing matters of concern outside of philosophy. All essays, taken together, make good on the existentialist promise for analytic philosophy: Even as analytic philosophers, we can embrace the thought that freedom is at the heart of our being. And even as analytic philosophers, we can write philosophical texts that capture the imagination. We trust that these essays can rekindle the excitement of philosophical thought.


ISBN
9780192864215
Pagina's
256
Verschijnt
Rubriek
Filosofie
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

Filosofie