modern philosophy
3 articles
Existentialism: Sartre, Freedom, and Bad Faith
Existence precedes essence, mauvaise foi, radical freedom and responsibility, and Simone de Beauvoir's feminist extension of Sartrean existentialism explained clearly.
9 min readexistentialism
Nihilism: Types, Nietzsche's Diagnosis, and Responses
Moral, existential, epistemological, and political nihilism distinguished. Nietzsche's diagnosis of European nihilism, and the difference between passive and active nihilism.
9 min readnihilism
Pragmatism: Peirce, James, Dewey, and Rorty
Peirce's pragmatic maxim, William James's cash value of ideas, Dewey's instrumentalism, and Rorty's neopragmatism — America's most original philosophical tradition examined.
9 min readpragmatism