Karl Barth has been compared to Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Luther. He was a dedicated Protestant Christian, seeking to reassert the original Reformation values. Barth…
Searching for Meaning
Individuals associated with Continental philosophy and Existentialism specifically.
The aftermath of World War II shaped Western philosophy in unanticipated ways. Martin Buber was both a Zionist and a proponent of existential philosophy. He…
Before commenting upon the works of Albert Camus, I should first make a rather bold statement: I consider him to be an existential writer. More…
Georg W. F. Hegel was not an existentialist, but without Hegel it is possible the works of Søren Kierkegaard would not be as well-known or…
Evaluating Martin Heidegger is complicated by his support for the National Socialists. Here was a man close to noted Jewish thinkers — yet he embraced…
Some students of literature would state, with certainty, that Fyodor Dostoevsky (also Dostoyevsky) was one of the first of existential writers. As students of philosophy…
A mathematical genius, a philosopher, and a devout Christian, Blaise Pascal’s notions of free will and personal responsibility were complicated by his sense of faith…
Existentialism’s contribution to psychology is probably best viewed through the works of Viktor Frankl. While Jean-Paul Sartre and other philosphers saw the need for an…
Edmund Husserl, along with Georg W. F. Hegel and Martin Heidegger, gave shape to much of modern Continental philosophy. Today we use terms like “phenomenology”…
Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most important cultural historians of the twentieth century. She was also one of the most thoughtful critics of…