BROCK UNIVERSITY • DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY • 2014-2015 PHIL 1F94 - Introduction to Philosophy: Problems Essay 2: Existentialism Evaluation: 20% of final grade Length: 1400-1500 words Due: After uploading to Assignment2 students are required to hand in a hard copy of their essays at the beginning of their seminars on March 10, 2015. Late papers will be penalized 3% per day. Students must write this essay in order to complete this course with a passing grade. Choose 1 essay topic
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Finding Joy in Albert Camus’ The Stranger: A Different Perspective Existentialism is often defined as a philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes a few main points, such as the freedom to choose and how the choices you make should be made without the assistance of another person or standard. From the existentialist point of view, you must accept the risk and responsibility of your choices and follow the
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instance, there are critical theory, deconstruction, existentialism, hermeneutics, phenomenology, and structuralism (Moore & Bruder, 2011). The schools of thought accompanying continental which are the most important the two are existentialism and phenomenology (Moore & Bruder, 2011). The best known philosophers associated with continental philosophy are Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre (Moore & Bruder, 2011). Some themes of existentialism are traditional and academic philosophies are from
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Albert Camus and few other names also come to the list of all those who at least once, denied on being ever a part of the movement. The basic philosophy of existentialism is discussed below with concern to the following terms and points. 1. Freedom- freedom and choice are very much emphasized under the philosophy of existentialism. Every human is free to make choice of his matter regardless of social and relational barriers the society offers him. Human try to give their
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illogical world begins with the first line in the novel, and is equivalent through the death of his mother. Throughout Camus’s The Stranger there are several references to an event that occurs at the outset of the novel and portrays ideas related to existentialism: the death of Meursault’s mother. His insensitivity is introduced through his lack of emotion that Meursault displays upon the news of the death of his mother. For the most part, he seemingly not cares for his own mother which is shown in his
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Chapter 6-Existential Therapy Introduction Existential therapy is more a way of thinking than any particular style of practicing psychotherapy. It is neither an independent nor separate school of therapy, nor is it a neatly defined model with specific techniques. Existential therapy can best be described as a philosophical approach that influences a counsellor’s therapeutic practice. This approach is grounded on the assumption that we are free and therefore responsible for our choices and actions
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Existential therapy and its theory and principles. Existential psychotherapy, with a focus on growth and development, is an approach that primarily utilizes the therapeutic relationship and has no specific methodology. Four givens or major concerns in Existentialism are identified and three target areas are determined. Several Existential approaches are used to reach experiential goals for the client. The addition of spirituality to the treatment modality is considered for its utility, compatibility, and
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atheistic existential writer that is concern with freedom and responsibility. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 but refused it because it appeared to him as a petty bourgeois honor. Most of the characteristics we associate with Existentialism are from Sartre. His analysis of human nature congealed during the years in France of the German occupation. He found the French collaboration and their refusal to take responsibility for wrongdoing abysmal and to join “The Resistance.” Their
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see any benefit on committing to something that we know nothing of and will ultimately never know much about. A man can go through life and knock down any obstacle that is put in his way and this can be done the right way or the wrong way. As existentialism explains, the world is irrational or beyond total comprehension and the individual has the ultimate choice on how they decide to live in this irrational world. So, one can go through life living a life that will seem fit to this world and always
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older waiter as he battles the nihilism that could easily consume him. The first conversation between the waiters subtly introduces the concept of “nothing” that permeates throughout the story. A plethora of critics state this “nothing” as existentialism, which critic Abby Werlock avers as a world where
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