The tragedy of human existence manifests itself in the perpetual vacillation of man leading towards a life devoid of commitment. Man's inability to demolish the bulwark of lukewarmness in himself ushers a predicament of insufferable meaninglessness that continues to haunt him until the day he bids an existential adieu. The viable jewels of life ( Read more... )

Heidegger does think freedom is rooted in nothingness. He also says we derive our concept of logical negation from this experience of nothing. Since Heidegger does not think that dogs have such experiences, he is committed to skepticism about animal reasoning involving negation. Consider the Stoic example of a dog that is following a trail. The dog ( Read more... )

Much of epistemology has arisen in defense of or in opposition to various forms of skepticism. Indeed, one could classify various theories of knowledge by their responses to skepticism. For example, rationalists could be viewed as skeptical about the possibility of empirical knowledge while not being skeptical with regard to a priori knowledge and ( Read more... )

Spinoza engages in such a detailed analysis of the composition of the human being because it is essential to his goal of showing how the human being is a part of Nature, existing within the same causal nexuses as other extended and mental beings. This has serious ethical implications. First, it implies that a human being is not endowed with freedom ( Read more... )

If you happen to see any graphics here that are yours and are not being credited to you, it's because I'm using this journal to work on a layout code. I'm working on the layout code and will absolutely be crediting everything to the proper people as soon as I finalize what I'm using ( Read more... )

The tragedy of human existence manifests itself in the perpetual vacillation of man leading towards a life devoid of commitment. Man's inability to demolish the bulwark of lukewarmness in himself ushers a predicament of insufferable meaninglessness that continues to haunt him until the day he bids an existential adieu. The viable jewels of life ( Read more... )