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| Emphasizes emotion, a reaction to the industrial revolution and mechanistic worldview. Anti-science, anti-reason |
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| Knowledge comes only from sensory experience, direct observation |
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| A human whose behavior was governed by feelings but would not be selfish, a human uncontaminated by society |
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| Feeling versus reason (Rousseau) |
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| Distrusted reason, science, organized government, the only way humans can reach their full potential is to fully express their free will |
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| The general will (rousseau) |
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| the very standard of right, describes what is best within a community. Not necessarily majority vote |
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| 2 schools: romanticism and existentialism, human potential movement and importance of freedom |
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| Selfish, look out for yourself |
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| Social Contract (rousseau) |
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| Not democratic, everyone puts their power in the direction of the general will and will all share the benefits. If one places their private will first then they will be forced to follow the general will. Not elections or private property. Idealistic |
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| Geothe was unlike most romantics because |
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| he wasn't anti-science, did some experimental work |
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| Self-examination of ones conscious thoughts and feelings (developed by wundt) |
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| study of conscious experience from the first person perspective, introspective experiences |
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| Life consists of opposing forces, one must will freedom by embracing these forces. His writings influenced Freud |
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| Will to survive (Schopenhauer) |
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| Cycle of needs and need satisfaction, a drive towards self-preservation and the most powerful motive for human behavior |
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| Although irrational forces are part of human nature we should attempt to rise above them |
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| Stressed meaning in life, freedom of choice, personal responsibility, said most important aspects of humans are their subjective interpretations and the decisions they make because of those feelings |
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| Kierkegaard: authenticity is categorized by |
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| How do we become self actualized |
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| Kierkegaard: must separate ourselves from the group mentality |
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| Stages on life's way (Kierkegaard) |
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| Aesthetic (existing, not recognizing their ability to choose), ethical (choose beliefs, but still based on ethical principles), and religious (recognizing freedom and developing a personal relationship with god) |
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| Truth is subjective (Kierkegaard) |
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| Faith is not something to be theorized about, to examine texts and have debates is misguided. Don't approach it objectively, but become a religious person by living like a christian |
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| Becoming authentic (overman) involves channeling instincts into creative works |
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| Will to power (Nietzsche) |
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| A basic instinct to live. Instincts for self-preservation, when channeled lead to self-mastery (command over instincts) |
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| Chooses values independently |
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| Noumenal world (Schopenhauer) |
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| Things in themselves, Schopenhauer said this was purposeless and absurd |
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| Phenomenal world (Schopenhauer) |
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| Our experience of the world, mind-dependent |
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