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Full Idea
I take existentialism to be the focus on the freedom and self-making of the human being, and his or her insertion into the world.
Gist of Idea
Existentialism focuses on freedom and self-making, and insertion into the world
Source
Robin Le Poidevin (Interview with Baggini and Stangroom [2001], p.222)
Book Ref
Baggini,J/Stangroom,J: 'New British Philosophy' [Routledge 2002], p.222
A Reaction
I take 'self-making' to be the key here. If neuroscientists somehow 'proved' that there was no free will, I don't see that making any difference to existentialism. 'Insertion' seems odd, unless it refers to growing up.
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| 6865 | A-theory says past, present, future and flow exist; B-theory says this just reports our perspective [Le Poidevin] |
| 6867 | Existentialism focuses on freedom and self-making, and insertion into the world [Le Poidevin] |