No one with a clue has taken #existentialism seriously in half a century, but it still exerts huge, harmful popular influence.
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@GabrielDuquette Mmm… I’d differ… I think the wrestled with important and substantive issues but got mostly wrong answers. -
@GabrielDuquette It was clear by about 1965 that the answers were wrong, but later attempts were mostly obscurantist and also wrong, so…
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@semiotechnic IMO! Nihilism Lite (cf http://meaningness.com/emotional-dynamics-of-nihilism …) plus True Self distortions (vague preview at http://meaningness.com/self )Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@GabrielDuquette Yes :-) Meaningness, self, ethics, social relations, and generally how to live well -
@Meaningness Hmm. I feel existentialism label has been co-opted by Nietzsche/Sartre camp. Kierkegaard & Dostoyevsky dealt with these often. - 1 more reply
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@GabrielDuquette Maybe, but there are a lot of details to be filled in there!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@GabrielDuquette What does that imply in this context?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@GabrielDuquette @ckhonson Yeah, I pretty much agree. But one has to admit that Dylan was hugely historically important. -
@GabrielDuquette @ckhonson If you want to fully understand how current music works, you do have to listen to Dylan (ugh). Existentialism too
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