Monthly Archives: February 2021

Thoughts on Heidegger’s Concept of Thrownness

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Jim Langcuster

I have been intrigued for some time with the existentialist philosopher Martin Heidegger‘s work, particularly his reflections on how human beings are thrown into existence and how so many,  actually the vast majority, of us become so caught up in … Continue reading →

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How I Survived Existential Angst and Actually Profited from It

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Jim Langcuster

The passage below, from a review of Sartre’s philosophy, is titled “Nausea and the Absurdity of the World” and is intended to  convey the futility of existence. Indeed, speaking as a devoted user and contributor to the question-and-answer site Quora, … Continue reading →

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Opposable Thumbs and Human Destiny

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jim Langcuster

New research into the origin of the opposable human thumb is fascinating, to say the least, even though many of these new insights remain entirely speculative. Even so, the insights arguably demonstrate a lot about the nature of the immense … Continue reading →

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Networked Synergy

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Jim Langcuster

In 1966, in what was hailed by some academics as a major conceptual breakthrough in social science, a book titled  The Social Construction of Reality by sociologists Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann was published.  I’m sure that somewhere along the … Continue reading →

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Getting to the Root of Our Existential Angst

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Jim Langcuster

One of history’s principal existentialist writers, Albert Camus. advised his readers to deal with life’s existential dilemma – its absurdity – by defying the meaninglessness bound up within it. I have developed a somewhat different view, one stemming from my … Continue reading →

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