by Rick Lewis
https://philosophynow.org/issues/107/French_Lessons
French Lessons
Re: French Lessons
I haven't thought about existentialism for some time, until I read this article. I think it has a kinship with America's pragmatism. Both philosophies are hostile towards metaphysics. They're both produces of war and the uncertainties wars produced.
Re: French Lessons
I don't particularly find this issue on modern French philosophy very interesting. It is about French stuff, particularly French philosophers trying to find and understand their existence. Anyway, I am determined to get something out of it. It's got me thinking.
We probably wouldn't have existentialism without the French philosophers who emerged after WW2. I am thinking it was Rene Descartes who first introduced modern existentialism with his most famous words "I think therefore I am".
The movie industry in France isn't what it used to be. It was certainly existentially based. Perhaps its decline is due to the fact that most of us have moved on.
French food and fashion have certainly had a major influence on the world. That is an existentialism that has expanded.
We probably wouldn't have existentialism without the French philosophers who emerged after WW2. I am thinking it was Rene Descartes who first introduced modern existentialism with his most famous words "I think therefore I am".
The movie industry in France isn't what it used to be. It was certainly existentially based. Perhaps its decline is due to the fact that most of us have moved on.
French food and fashion have certainly had a major influence on the world. That is an existentialism that has expanded.