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Jean-Paul Sartre is probably the best example of a socially active existentialist philosopher. He engaged in social protests, especially those involving Algeria. Despite a generous income from publishing
It's just a general reference, actually a common statement among philosophers, and CS Lewis was a philosopher. It is also a paraphrase of Alfred North Whitehead's statement that "all of western philosophy
What a great question. In order to answer it, one must be clear about opinion, belief, truth, knowledge of truth, and truth values. First we must be clear about what can be true or false. The only
The best introduction is going to be Jean-Paul Sartre's essay, "Existentialism is Humanism." You should be able to find a copy on the web. Wait....here's one: http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre
There are scores who talk about culture affecting perception...Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Gadamer, Habermas, and add all the structuralists, e.g. Levi-Strauss, Foucault, and the post-structuralists
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