The Problems of Love from Sartre and Beauvoir to Irigaray
Category Archives: Existentialism
How to Test Whether Life is Worth Living (Test One: The Suicide Test)
The meaning of life has been a huge question in philosophy. The answers range from gaining knowledge, gaining pleasure, coming to know God and follow his commandments, getting off the cycle of samsara, and self-creation by finding your own meaning. Yet, … Continue reading
First-Order and Second-Order Actions
Or maybe this post should be called “First-Order and second-order Thoughts”? I’m not sure where I’m going with this but this could relate with existentialism, stoicism, action theory, free will vs. determinism, the self and identity, epistemology, and countless others. … Continue reading
Book Review: The Rebel by Albert Camus, Part IV and V: Art and the Meridian
Since Part IV was really short, I decided to do Parts IV and V together on this blog. Part IV: Rebellion and Art “Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously” (p. 253). What does this mean? The artist … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Camus, Ethics, Existentialism, History, Values
10 Comments
Book Review: The Rebel by Albert Camus, Part III: Historical Rebellion
Part III: Historical Rebellion At this point, Camus wants to give a more detailed analysis of rebels in history. At the same time, he also wants to show what the difference is between rebellions and revolutions. I would suggest that … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Camus, Ethics, Existentialism, History, Marx, Values
2 Comments
Book Review: The Rebel by Albert Camus, Part II: Metaphysical Rebellion
Part II: Metaphysical Rebellion What is metaphysical rebellion? Just like the slave rebels against the slave because the slave is rebelling against the constraints of the situation, the metaphysical rebel is doing the same thing. He’s rebelling against the creation, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Camus, Ethics, Existentialism, History, Values
2 Comments
Book Review: The Rebel by Albert Camus, Part I: The Rebel
This really isn’t a book review per se, but since this is a challenging book, this review is more for myself. It’s a restatement of Camus’ arguments and my own two cents. So this will be a combination of a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Camus, Ethics, Existentialism, History, Values
Tagged Book Review, Camus, Ethics, Existentialism
14 Comments
What I’ve Learned this Past Year — 2009 Edition
Instead of doing New Years Resolutions, I’ve decided to look in the past and see how I’ve learned. To me, if one hasn’t learned things within the past year, then it’s as if one hasn’t gained wisdom. And if that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Economics, Education, Ethics, Existentialism, Experts, Friendship, Government, Logic, Love, Politics, Pragmatism, Relationships, Religion, Respect, Same-Sex, Teaching, Values, War
Tagged Capitalism, Economics, Ethics, Government, Health, Libertarianism, Politics, Religion, Rights, Teaching
8 Comments
My most Influential Philosophers
I wanted to get a clear view of what philosophers have influenced me the most. What ideas do I take, and how have they affected me in my life? Here they are in order: 1. Arthur Schopenhauer. He was known … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Daniel Dennett, Epistemology, Ethics, Existentialism, Experts, Hume, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Pragmatism, Religion, Schopenhauer, Sexuality
5 Comments
Book Review: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
I saw the trailer to Revolutionary Road and it intrigued me. However, I’ve read a lot of critical reviews saying that the book is extremely better. Thus, I decided to check out the book and then see the movie afterwords. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Existentialism, Relationships
5 Comments
Franz Kafka Airport found to be the Most Alienating Airport
I love the Onion News. Check it out here. It’d probably make sense if you’re familiar with his stories and philosophy.
Posted in Existentialism, Humor
3 Comments
Shaun Miller's Ideas 