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Values[edit]

I'm going to add one more concept subsection (I believe we'll have a complete list afterwards): on values. I'll be drawing heavily from here: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/#IdeVal I'm looking for some input from interested editors before I proceed. Byelf2007 (talk) 14 December 2012

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Heidegger[edit]

Why does this article mention Heidegger when Heidegger denied he was an existentialist?Vorbee (talk) 08:14, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Aristotle/Aquinas[edit]

Perhaps it would be helpful if, when noting that Sartre states that existence is before essence for human beings, it were noted that this is in contradistinction to what Aristotle and Aquinas held. I'm just thinking that, if someone is familiar with the theories of either of these philosophers, it will help them see more clearly how existentialism is going against the historical grain of the argument.

Major Readability Problem[edit]

Large chunks of this article are inaccesibly wordy & drowning in jargon. Can I propose some serious rewriting? Wikipedia articles & existential philosophy should be easy to understand WP:MTAU.

For example, the section on facticity:

Facticity is defined by Sartre in Being and Nothingness (1943) as the in-itself, which delineates for humans the modalities of being and not being.

I know it's hard to use translate the convoluted terminology coined by Sarte et al into simple terms, but in no way is the rest of the paragraph "more easily undertood":

This can be more easily understood when considering facticity in relation to the temporal dimension of our past: one's past is what one is, in that it co-constitutes oneself. However, to say that one is only one's past would ignore a significant part of reality (the present and the future), while saying that one's past is only what one was, would entirely detach it from oneself now. A denial of one's concrete past constitutes an inauthentic lifestyle, and also applies to other kinds of facticity (having a human body—e.g., one that does not allow a person to run faster than the speed of sound—identity, values, etc.).

Keen to see what other people think, and depending on responses, I might have a go at simplifying it in a week or so. --Zapprobiskia (talk) 04:24, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea to me.Phlsph7 (talk) 09:40, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

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