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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

The Continental Tradition

Key Objectives

Upon completing this chapter you should be able to:

1.

Explain both the similarities and differences between existentialism and phenomenology.

2.

Describe the human existential predicament as Camus and Sartre see it as well as any recommendations they may have for dealing with it.

3.

Give a general description of phenomenology.

4.

Describe the basic features of Heidegger's phenomenology.

5.

Explain why the later Heidegger thought that poetry represents a deeper kind of thinking than philosophy.