PSYC 370 Chapter 10: Chapter 10
2 Dec 2016
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19-early 20th century philosophical movement europe individual experience, nature of being (from martin heidegger) (eidegger: (cid:498)human are(cid:499) by virtue of being-in-the-world. World exists because there are beings to experience it and reveal their experience. How can i face my inevitable end: existential ontology: inquiry into nature of being. (cid:498)this is what life is like, we have to face it(cid:499) responsible choices, keeping faith, living authentically, doing something with our freed are good, but don"t prevent anxiety, loneliness and despair over void of existence. After wwii: appealed to those who suffered during war: became movement in psychology. Claimed to be more honestly human, help us through tough life. A paradigm to understand the human condition. Everyone comes to existentialism from widely variant personal experiences, but a common denominator: encounters with crises and events making one feel vulnerable, e. g. Mother + near-death from tuberculosis beliefs and goals: e. g.
