PHIL 115 Lecture Notes - Christian Existentialism, Perspectivism, Pragmatism
16 Apr 2013
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a distinct anglo-speaking philosophical tradition (analytic) that was not concerned with philosophy in non-anglo countries. Nietzsche and marcel were writing in different traditions (germany and france): continental (european) philosophy in the early 20th century. Nietzsche"s influence was strongly felt, especially by e. Continental philosophy describes existentialism and phenomenology as inseparable and everything in modern continental philosophy stems from it. Marcel was an existentialist, but didn"t want to call himself that. Existentialism is the philosophy of existence, and of human existence in particular. They ask questions about the existence of something. Existentialism began before nietzsche by a christian believer/philosopher soren. These questions are necessary to ask for everyone. It means to describe your lived experience of something in painstaking detail while trying to bracket as much of your assumptions as possible (like descartes tried to do). Nietzsche, husserl, and marcel thinks it is impossible to bracket ourselves (remember nietzsche"s perspectivism).
