Collapsing Certainties Theme of Collapsing Uncertainties The Collapsing Birth Rate in the Developed World Human beings perceive events, individuals, and objects in different manners in relation to the circumstances and understanding. This is vita Continue Reading...
" (Gibbs 226) Alvardo de Campos is a naval engineer by profession and while his earlier writings are positive, his work develops characteristics of existential angst. Furthermore, what is intriguing is that all of these fictive authors created by Pes Continue Reading...
C. Philosophical aspects of existentialism as applied to psychology and therapy. D. Kierkegaard and German existentialism. E. Sartre and French existentialism. F. Religious aspects of existentialism. G. Humanistic aspects of existentialism. II Continue Reading...
Nearing the end of the 1960s, the analytic or language philosophy became the central focus point which led to the isolation of the classroom setting and the problems that came with it (Greene, 2000). Most of the educational philosophers of the time Continue Reading...
Disillusionment and the Harlem Renaissance and Post-Modernism Distortion of the American Dream The American dream has been as old as the American constitution. From the text, there is a highlight of the American dream and its distortion over years. Continue Reading...
Personal Philosophy - Tourism Which philosophical school of thought (Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Naturalism, Existentialism, Humanism) best presents your own set of beliefs at this time of your professional preparation and why? I consider myself Continue Reading...
Instead of passively accepting the circumstances of others and surrendering control, an existential therapist might focus on the question, "Although you have lived with certain patterns thus far in your life, now that you recognize the consequences Continue Reading...
Berkley stated that because the senses were potentially faulty, everyone's sense perceptions and thus everyone's 'truth' was unique and variable. However, most empiricists like Locke believed that some (few) things could be known with certainty, li Continue Reading...
Sartre-No Exit Jean Paul Sartre's "No Exit" is an apt description of existential hell. (Sartre, 1958) Existentialism attempts to describe our desire to make rational decisions despite existing in an irrational universe. Existentialism requires the a Continue Reading...
existence or non-existence of God forms a very central basis to the philosophies of some thinkers. This paper examines the philosophies of Descartes, Kant and Sartre in order to determine the significance and connection of belief in existence and no Continue Reading...
God as a Bingo Game? Ellisons Despair for Blacks in King of BingoRalph Ellisons 1944 short story King of the Bingo Game gives a brief glimpse into the despair of a down south Negro affected by the Great Migration, in need of a little luck to help kee Continue Reading...
Counseling Theory Existential therapy, person-centered therapy, and gestalt therapy all fall under the rubric of humanistic psychology. They share a considerable amount of theory, philosophy, and practice. Yet each of these practices is stemmed in i Continue Reading...
Disassociation, Personality Disorders, & Global Capitalism: Open Your Eyes to the Fight Club Fight Club is a cinematic adaptation of a novel of the same title; therefore, the novel will be referenced peripherally in this work. While the focus o Continue Reading...
Sartre and the Stranger Being-for-Others vs. Being-For-Oneself in Camus' The Stranger Hazel E. Barnes remarks that "it is a long time since serious philosophers have had to waste time and energy in showing that [Sartre's] philosophy is more than th Continue Reading...
pragmatism and analytic philosophy uniquely American movements? What elements of American culture (way of life) connect to why those two movements evolved in the U.S. What ideas make them different from the way Europeans of the same period were thin Continue Reading...
Husserl, Language & Consciousness: Reconciliation of Edmund Husserl's Fourth Logical Investigation and Fifth logical investigation Husserl's theory of consciousness in the fifth Logical Investigation is reported to be "one of the most profound a Continue Reading...
Therefore, it is necessary to account for the acquisition of habits. Due to certain limitations of the behaviorism approach, there have been revisions to the theory over the century. For example, although behaviorism helped people to forecast, alte Continue Reading...
According to Bennett, there has not been a sufficient amount of discussion regarding the complexity of the Fight Club text in the sense that critics and supporters alike have limited a full exploration of such a profound text. Although he does not r Continue Reading...
Pouliuli, a short novel by Albert Wendt, is a tragic story with many complex, interwoven themes. This essay will examine these themes, in detail, and attempt to determine the main arguments that are exposed in this novel. Pouliuli is critical of poli Continue Reading...
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrads Heart of Darkness was first published in 1899, and can be seen as an early example of modernist literature because it represents some of the moral ambiguity that characterized the modern world at turn of the 20th centu Continue Reading...
Periechontology In order to understand the underlying concepts of faith with respect to philosophy, first it is important to understand 'philosophy' adequately. Jaspers was concerned about noting the originality and singularity of philosophy Continue Reading...
Katherine Mansfield Early Works Later Works and Themes Kathleen Mansfield Murry, commonly known by her penname Katherine Mansfield, was born in the late nineteenth century and only lived to be thirty-four years of age. Her early death was due to t Continue Reading...
C). These ideas were embryonic in nature laying the foundations of the modern Social Sciences. Republic was considered as a central piece of Western philosophy. Socrates challenged the pagan traditions and talked about some order in the society, howe Continue Reading...
Life in a Godless World For as long as mankind has contemplated its own creation philosophers have pondered the meaning of life largely within the context of humanity's relationship to the divine, from Aristotle's metaphysical conception of God as Continue Reading...
Religion Meaning Ethics Future Monotheism Monotheism means the worship of one god. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all monotheistic religions: God demands an exclusive relationship with His followers and an acknowledgement of His unique po Continue Reading...
Clearly, the play is a mirror-image of that time's impression of existentialism, and this is why it focuses upon both oneself and the other, as well as issues surrounding human existence, such as morality and responsibility. However, the other theme Continue Reading...
Existentialist Perspective in the Novel American Pastoral The novel "The American Pastoral" by Philip Roth represents an important literary work that basis its construction on elements of literary existentialism through the way in which characters a Continue Reading...
Postmodernism is many things to many people, yet no single product or outcome of the postmodern era is representative of the entirety of the idea. Postmodernism was more than simply a collection of items, but rather an entire way of life shaped by th Continue Reading...
Free Will and Determinism What is free will, according to philosophic interpretations? What is determinism -- and how is it different from free will? What do philosophers say about free will and determinism? These questions will be answered in this Continue Reading...
Defense mechanisms, the unconscious, coping mechanisms, self-actualization and archetypes are other examples. The ultimate and most useless example is the "little person," that resides in everyone and explains his behavior. These include ideas like Continue Reading...
Foremost, though, is the Nietzschian concept that freedom is never free -- there are costs; personal, societal, and spiritual. To continue that sense of freedom, one must be constantly vigilant and in danger of losing that freedom, for the moment th Continue Reading...
He believed strongly in the government's protection of civil rights and equal opportunities for all its citizens. If a government failed to do so, he called for civil disobedience. King (1986) stated that freedom must be taken from the oppressors (p Continue Reading...
The embedded traumatic experiences are usually deeply disturbing to the individual and can lead to typical symptoms of PTSD, such as depression, suicidal tendencies and loss of personal motivation. In terms of existential analysis, these traumatic Continue Reading...
For Faulkner, meaning and the reality of each person is "mutable." In this regard, the novel deals with the themes of identity and existence and the intentions and motivations behind each individual's reasons for undertaking the journey to bury Addi Continue Reading...
This handbook was compiled as a remedy in the form of a sourcebook or guide to current work on free will and related subjects for those who wish to keep up with the latest research. (p. 3) What is often called "the free will issue" or "the problem Continue Reading...
All too often, these adolescents end up taking their own lives when their depression gets too painful for them and they have not received the help that they need. Even the medications that are designed to help them get through the depression can som Continue Reading...
Gestalt therapy emerged from a multitude of philosophical, theoretical, scientific, and cultural roots. As a product of the early twentieth century, it would be impossible to divorce the evolution of Gestalt therapy from Marxism or existentialism, an Continue Reading...
Outsider: Summary and Review Many of the historical and literary nonfiction heroes and artists of Colin Wilson's study entitled The Outsider desired to fit into their respective societal contexts. They sought happiness and connection, even if ultim Continue Reading...
Yet rather than understand this revelation as something which is freeing, Sartre experienced it as something fearful. He speaks of this freedom as being a form of damnation: Man is condemned to be free... condemned because he has not created himsel Continue Reading...
