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Existentialism and Freedom - Coggle Diagram
Existentialism and Freedom
Existentialism
Philosophers influencing existentialism
Pascal 17th century
Kant 18th century
Hegel 19th century (early)
Nietzche 19th century (late)
Husserl 19th to 20th centuries
Main existentialist philosophers
Kierkegaard 19th century
Christian
First truly existentialist philosopher
Heidegger 20th century
Sartre 20th century
Concerned with what 'being' means for humans
Often associated with atheism
Post modern
Deconstructs and criticizes pillars of modern society
Such as reliance on human reason and objective value
Moves away from religion, nature, human nature or transcendent 'a-priori' values
Identity
Identity is individually created and determined by our actions
Responsibility
We are responsible for creating our individuality
Existential Anxiety
Responsibility results in existential anxiety
Radical Freedom (Sartre)
Centered around the idea that life is meaningless without God
People aren't determined at birth
Born with complete freedom
Except for the conditions you are born into
Don't discover the meaning of life but create it
Human Condition
Condemned to being free
Responsible for their own destiny
Human Freedom
Freedom of mind
Imagine future possibilities
Freedom of action
Try to make possibilities true
Cannot use excuses such as traumas to justify our actions as we have freedom over them
When making excuses you are trying to make it as if we aren't free
Sartre calls this bad faith