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5452 | 'Essentialism' is opposed to existentialism, and claims there is a human nature [Mautner] |
Full Idea: In philosophical anthropology, the view that there is a human nature or essence is called 'essentialism'. It became current in 1946 as a contrast to Sartre's existentialist view. | |
From: Thomas Mautner (Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy [1996], p.179) | |
A reaction: Being a fan of Aristotle, I incline towards the older view, but you cannot get away from the fact that the human brain has similarities to a Universal Turing Machine, and diverse cultures produce very different individuals. |