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The central concern of absurdist writers is the metaphysical distancing of word and object, thought and reality, essence and existence. In this book, Blocker argues that the literary problem of absurdity is basically a metaphysical problem of being, focusing on the metaphysical distinction of being as essence and being as existence. Each of the four central chapters of the book compares philosophical prose with the fiction writing of four major absurdist writers--Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, and Beckett. The book contrasts what Ionesco described as the "heavy" and "light" aspects of absurdity....

What does "meaningless" mean? On the one hand, it signifies simply the absence or lack of meaning. "Zabool" is meaningless just because it doesn't happen to mean anything. "Green flees time lessly" is meaningless, despite a certain semblance of sense, because it runs afoul of certain fundamental rules of linguistic construction. On the other hand, "meaningless" characterizes that peculiar psycho logical state of dread and anxiety much discussed, if not discovered, by the French shortly after the Second World War. The first is primarily linguistic, focusing attention on emotionally neutral...

For over two centuries, Western scholars have discussed African philosophy and culture, often in disparaging, condescending terms, and always from an alien European perspective. Many Africans now share this perspective, having been trained in the western, empirical tradition. Makinde argues that, particularly in view of the costs and failings of western style culture, Africans must now mold their own modern culture by blending useful western practices with valuable indigenous African elements. Specifically, Makinde demonstrates the potential for the development of African philosophy and even...

Filozofia japońska jest napisana w sposób przystępny, jasny i prosty, ma też wiele walorów podręcznikowych. Stanowi nie tylko kopalnię wiedzy na temat filozofów japońskich różnych okresów, lecz także poglądową historię filozofii japońskiej, bogatą zarówno w rzetelne opracowania faktograficzne, jak i interpretacyjne. Autorzy podkreślają unikatowość mentalności japońskiej, kontestując utarty stereotyp o zapożyczonych od Chińczyków, Indusów i Europejczyków stylach filozofowania Japończyków. Dostrzegają też oryginalność i koherencję japońskich systemów...