Existentialism: Are We Missing The Point?

Existentialism: Why It Still Matters
Existentialism is well known as a philosophy of freedom. But does it lean so hard into freedom that it misses out on larger social and political issues? Let's find out in this video on Existentialism: Why It Changed.
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[@lephtovermeet]

Debating whether or not Existentialism is even relevant is the ultimate existential expression.

[@toyotaprius79]

But what if (and that if is undoubtedly true) our existential causes came from a robust profit making industry that infiltrated its interests into every function of our society?

[@MrGamelover23]

​​@@toyotaprius79hat? No seriously, what are you trying to say?

[@Reed5016]

@MrGamelover23 Probably some conspiracy theory bullshit.

[@biggerdoofus]

@@toyotaprius79 But what if (and that if us undoubtedly true) our existential causes are varied and can't be reduced to a single pleasing enemy?

[@movement2contact]

​@@toyotaprius79What was the pure existence before this capitalist takeover then? Feudalism..?

[@KingAwesomeOutputs]

I like it when Michael tells us to commit crimes

[@skatchina]

I'm frustrated that I ca't seem to find it. If someone has a orking link to download the book, I'd be eternally grateful.

[@data-dylan]

This would be a tort, not a crime.

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

@@skatchina I've heard libgen has a lot of books

[@UrbaneOracle]

While the existing power structures often feel overwhelmingly powerful and unchangeable, nihilism and existentialism have a key blessing to share: these systems were built by humans and can, therefore, be unbuilt by them. Fate, luck, astrology, and divine watchmakers didn't make systemic racism, housing inequity, or wealth disparities. Our ancestors left us with that bag. If we organize ourselves with the intention to unpack it and make it better, we can.

[@Reed5016]

That’s definitely something I needed to hear at this time. I’m genuinely afraid of where the world, especially the US, is going.

[@DragonDrummer2]

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[@MaskedHeart]

Maybe your grand children's children will be the ones to get it right. 💖🌏🌎🌍💖

[@MisterCynic18]

Burn it all, return to monke

[@ratinthehat_]

I hope the world explodes

[@Adalric30]

Hi Michael. Your comments made me realize something. I think we, as fans of the channel, would be really interested in how YOU changed your mind over the years. We watch this channel for its content, but we trust it because we trust you. If I could watch 10 or 20 minutes about where you started, how you evolved, which views you had that changed, where you realized you were young dumb and ... I would really be enthrawled. Maybe post it on another channel, but to actually better understand the mind (as well as your team's) that's feeding offering me all these great ideas, I'd be even more captivated than I already am. Thanks for the great work. Good luck in the future.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Cool idea for sure - I've done this a bit on the philosophy videos I've made on our patreon, but would be good to have something like this for everyone. I'll aim to do it on an upcoming stream for sure.

[@dayegilharno4988]

@@WisecrackEDU MY take on all this: One definitely needs precisely 11 lines of Adderal to get s*** done in this day and age!

[@kevinmerchant2913]

I am close to finishing Ethics of Ambiguity and I feel like de Beauvoir does an excellent job of grounding Sartre's Existentialism and giving the philosophy a solid ethical framework. As mentioned in this video, she brings social and political dimensions that feel so real even (especially?) now. It's also not as dense as other existential works that draw heavily from the phenomenology tradition, making it a must-read!

[@WisecrackEDU]

Good review!

[@seannamei]

Marginal disagreement here. I’ll start by saying that also love this work but I think it’s worth mentioning that it’s somewhat of an answer or a correction to In Search of a Method wherein Sartre was trying to do the same thing: 1) marry existentialism to Marxism and 2) come up with an ethics.

[@MCSorry]

@@seannamei Ethics of Ambiguity couldn't have been an answer or correction to Search of a Method; Ethics of Ambiguity came out ten years prior (in 1947) to Sartres's Search (1957). If anything, it's the Ethics that made Sartres reconsider his position.

[@seannamei]

@@MCSorry holy shit you are right. This is the second time I’m being corrected on this point. I did a video on the first chapter, introducing it as a work released in the 80s and my friend had to remind me that it came out 40 years before. I think it’s the brilliance of the work that keeps throwing me off. Same with the complete translation of second sex. Genius and way ahead of its time.

[@zacnance3425]

What are we doing? Brings to mind Daniel Johnston’s line “we know what we’re doing, we’re marching to hell.” There’s hope in that realization, I suppose.

[@aladdinbinschamar2442]

I want the shirt though

[@MelodicQuest]

I'm impressed with your restraint, Wisecrack. A whole video on existentialism and not a single Rick and Morty reference.

[@deadcard13]

Rewatch the opening.

[@anemac9]

Did you even watch the video? it's in the first minute.

[@enocloke24]

Found the dude that’s listening and not watching 😂

[@WisecrackEDU]

shhh don't tell! They were impressed! We need this!

[@MelodicQuest]

​@@WisecrackEDUWhoops, sorry. Sorry that this community is full of narcs!

[@andyschwartz8808]

Simone de Beauvoir says she is living in a material world and she is a material girl

[@razeal18]

I love deep dives like this. breaks it down so I can incorporate it into my own thoughts.

[@qwertyuiopaaaaaaa7]

This is one of your best videos. So great to see more context and show how philosophers have amended their thinking over time. Chef’s kiss.

[@WisecrackEDU]

appreciate it!

[@juliacoves5873]

Good luck and congratulations with the baby Michael! I’m sad I missed the last stream yesterday ❤

[@bigmike4133]

I would love to hear more about Camus and absurdism. I struggle to imagine Sisyphus happy and would like to know how one embraces and simultaneously revolts against absurdity?

[@samuelcharles7642]

Read his books

[@bigmike4133]

@@samuelcharles7642 after 3 rereadings I'm looking for another perspective on it.

[@Retrofalcon580]

Happy to see Fanon get some attention in the conversation of existentialism!

[@cumfartchuglord]

I am unwritten Can't read my mind I'm undefined I'm just beginning The pen's in my hand Ending unplanned Staring at the blank page before you Open up the dirty window Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find Reaching for something in the distance So close you can almost taste it Release your inhibitions Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten Oh, oh, oh I break tradition Sometimes my tries are outside the lines We've been conditioned to not make mistakes But I can't live that way Staring at the blank page before you Open up the dirty window Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find Reaching for something in the distance So close you can almost taste it Release your inhibitions Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten Staring at the blank page before you Open up the dirty window Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find Reaching for something in the distance So close you can almost taste it Release your inhibitions Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten The rest is still unwritten The rest is still unwritten Oh, yeah, yeah

[@A_M_Bobb]

I'd love to see you break down James Baldwin and W. E. B. Du Bois concept of "double consciousness".

[@Dutchman451]

This would be fascinating to hear some thoughts on. I believe double consciousness extends to all people who try to square citizenship with the existential reality of being a human in a social environment

[@jamesbaldwin9197]

Thank you for making this video! Anyone watching likely has access to online versions of all of these fantastic philosophers. I recently finished Black Skin, White Masks. As far as personal actions, getting organized in a minority rights/libreration movement, mutual aid network or socialist org is the most effecting thing a person can do.

[@fvkijay]

Thank you for this. It's been almost 20 years of my life searching for something to concisely describe existentialism as effectively as my philosophy course in uni. This really did it.

[@alexwixom4599]

As much as I like philosophy, it's really easy to get depressed and miss the better meaning.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Very, very true.

[@gustavomarquez1856]

Finally!!! I am sure that Michale has been excited about this one since he's fascinated with Kierkegaard. Sometimes Sartre seems to be almost consciously ignored... Super happy for the video!!!

[@daemoneko]

I hope you get your publishing money you are owed But I would hate to be the intern working at ROman and Littlefield Internation Publishing on monday, receiving 99 new emails with the subject 'WHERE IS BURNS' MONEY"

[@WisecrackEDU]

True - hopefully only 3-5 people actually do that.

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So nobody's gon talk about how Micheal's publisher isn't giving his due share

[@WisecrackEDU]

In fairness academic publishing pays ALMOST nothing . . . but they did just kinda ghost me.

[@TheDrDave89]

Message sent to you publicist. Good luck! Terrific video xx

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I would get the "Wisecrack: What are we doing here?" shirt 🤷‍♂️

[@deadcard13]

Same. I would also buy a 1000 Raw Dome hat.

[@WisecrackEDU]

we'd have to make sure the hat maker didn't accidentally leave the top of the hat open.

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I second this

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Another great upload video guys!

[@elisonrobzah131]

I genuinely enjoy all of the information and viewpoints this channel delivers and expresses. Although I am not qualified to comment articulately on several of the philosopher’s exclamations covered, I thoroughly enjoy learning and absorbing the information everyone brings. I will always have a deep appreciation and admiration for the time and execution this team delivers with every submission this team uploads for the masses. From the bottom of a naive, more than casual viewer, Thank you very much.

[@ZombieHitler]

Wisecrack really helped inspire my first book. Even skimming over it now, I see the themes this channel brought up and codifed for me. Cosmic existentialism. Wabi-sabi. Much love from a fellow thinker!

[@GothicOctopus]

Did not know about Satre’s later work. That’s awesome to hear about. Thank you so much.

[@juancniccc]

your videos are great guys. thank you so much for the knowledge. wish i had the means to support yall more

[@WisecrackEDU]

you are supporting us by watching the videos! we appreciate it.

[@ryanleone3007]

As someone who has/had bad teeth it's comforting that some great thinkers also forgot to brush their teeth.

[@nicholasdawn9940]

Another phenomenal (one might even say... phenomenological) video! Thank you, Wisecrack team, for your awesome work. Some topics to explore for the channel: - Object Oriented Ontology (see: Graham Harman and Timothy Morton) - Family Abolitionism (see: Sophie Lewis) - Peter Turuchin's cliodynamics - the phenomenological Animism of David Abram - the Analytic-Continental Divide - a deep dive into the philosophical foundations of conservatism (a truly wild ride) - Syl & Af Ko's anti-colonial veganism - utopianism as an aspect of political ideology and strategy - democratic socialism vs wokeist progressivism

[@WisecrackEDU]

dope comment - thanks for the ideas!

[@pennywaldrip3774]

Since Zizek is an avowed Hegelist, I think there need to be more Hegel videos. And then maybe something somehow that might explain the general mindset of those in Slavic or Balkan countries. (Yugopnik)

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Man just loved this video I've gotta come back to take some notes.

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Holy freaking moly. What ever my KZbin algorithm is it keeps taking me to better and better places. This is the best place yet and I’ve been at it almost a year. W wow do you do terrific stuff! I’ll spend actual money, which I don’t really have to listen to more of this

[@johnmacias488]

What a great video! I really enjoyed this one! Thanks guys

[@dennisvandermeij9779]

Loved this, also nice to finally get a clear explanation on wtf a dialectic really is, nice touch! (Isn't it pronounced 'Camus' though?')

[@Stealthkiller17]

Tanks for making another great video!

[@MrSimaTai]

Amazing work wisecrack =)

[@MintyAsteroid]

Great video! Would love an in depth video on Albert Camus and Absurdism and how it specifically challenges Existentialism.

[@yt_Ajay_]

Sometimes I feel like I just watch Wisecrack for the vibes. I got lost somewhere in the first half of this video, but you know.. it's nice over here..

[@jamesrucker4641]

Love the video. Would also love to hear you talk about Serial Experiments Lain.

[@ihatecranberryjiuce]

Hooray for referencing Fanon, Wretched of The Earth is a life changing book

[@Nick-cp3sr]

Really 💙 your philosophy videos! Would you ever consider doing a video on the utility and limits of Stoicism. Particularly the tension between its classical notions of 'deterministic pantheism' and practical applications of the dichotomy of control.. 👍🏼

[@jeanmalave1823]

This was a really good one!!

[@TTottiD]

I liked the "4th wall break"-like elements in this video... it makes it more personal, and they were placed when I was about to loose interest and braught me back in... with a good balance of this... it gives the video a pretty good structure

[@urbaneblobfish]

You should do a video about Camus' absurdist philosophy, which is similar but also kinda different from mainline existentialism. Also thanks for shouting out Sartre's later works, I'll def check those out soon.

[@GoopyToots]

It'd be great if you guys did a video (or videos) of modern day philosophers (IE still alive) and how different philosophical concepts may (or may not) have changed with some of these philosophers.

[@BadassRaiden]

Michael, I would be thrilled if you did a video about Absurdism, comparing the differences and similarities between Camus and Nagel.

[@eriknephrongfr8847]

Excellent review. Thank you

[@brassfairmall4293]

So I always associated existentialism in my head always with the question of what happens after death and like the big question of why are we here? I feel like I'd love to see a deep dive of various afterlife theories and schools of thought. That would be super cool!

[@bgiv2010]

I feel the absurdism video coming and I'm so here for it.

[@TKHaines]

I like the shirt idea. Please add a confused smile face to it.

[@biggerdoofus]

The part about how little sense it makes to stick to the same ideas is something I wish more analysis of philosophers would include. I've heard it mentioned that Wittgenstein was very different between his younger and older writings, but not much any other great philosophers. While he didn't live long, I wouldn't be surprised if changing his mind is part of why no one is good at interpreting Nietzche.

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"hot dog party" is one of those phrases that seem very dangerous to google

[@annoyingneighbour1917]

My two favourite topics, Marx and Existentialism in the same video? This made my day ❤

[@WhocaresWhy44]

I dig this channel. I loved Donald Palmer's Sarte 4 Beginners. I have had the park made unavailable to me. I have made the park unavailable to others. I have felt the absence of Paul. Paul was a waiter but the Cafe is gone. Great Channel.

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Just emailed the publisher. hope that helps.

[@Max-kk1wn]

Please do more on Camus! Love your videos :)

[@colonelweird]

After I converted to Catholicism, I went to college intending to become a philosopher. After a while they cut off my financial aid and I had to drop out. And in a few years I realized Catholicism was a mistaken detour for me. But that experience has left me with a lot of questions about the philosophers I just got a taste of when I was in school. That philosophy department had a thing for early Husserl - I even dipped my toe into Logical Investigations - and Max Scheler. I think they saw them as providing adequate answers to what were otherwise dead ends in some major trends in late 19th & early 20th century philosophy. A few of them had a thing for Gadamer and Ricoeur. I'm saying all this, of course, because I think it would be cool for Wisecrack to do videos on these guys. Oh, and Eric Voegelin too. And maybe a video on the use of "gnosticism" in the 20th century, whether as an epithet much loved by conservative Catholics, or as a serious system of thought. That would be interesting.

[@buddhabillybob]

Good video! I wanted to see _The Rebel_ by Camus mentioned.

[@Fever2113]

Such a dense video but it succinctly caotures a lot of amazing topics around one theme. Very wekl written guys!

[@syedk6543]

Excellent video on Existentialism. Are you able to do one on Gabriel Marcel's idea of hope & despair (in his Homo Viator: Introduction to a Metaphysic of Hope)

[@EricGranata]

So glad Michael is at Wisecrack. That opening line 😂

[@elimgarak1617]

Signing up for Patreon now to get Michael that beer helmet.

[@steven2183]

what are we doing?

[@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield]

You guys gonna do another deep dive into a band like when you were held hostage for with Smash Mouth? I really enjoyed that one, and honestly some good points were made and i did learn and think differently about them, plus have some interesting convos about it later.

[@mitchellkramer]

I'd love to learn more about the Situationist International and Guy Debord. I feel like that would be a good way to build off this video.

[@thenoiboi]

"WHAT ARE WE DOING?" has been my go-to caption when sharing political items/anything related to climate change.

[@MegaDino1997]

Youre channel is gold for our minds.

[@skylineXpert]

There are moments when i find it pointless going to work or wake up at all because yesterday was tough.

[@sharpsheep4148]

Sounds like burn out

[@lsobrien]

That T-shirt idea sounds good. (Ace vid btw, not often existentialism is put in the dock.)

[@WisecrackEDU]

Thanks! And hopefully we can make the shirt.

[@DarthKrag]

I just signed up for patreon, I'm in for the beer helmet prop jokes. . .but more for what that says about us philosophically.

[@natepetersen1508]

I've been reading a lot of Stirner lately and I feel like he has the most correct assessment of the interaction of the "freedom" of the individual but also the limits placed on them by spectres

[@EllaHyland-he2mi]

An idea for another video: There was a more modern philosopher (I forget his name as it was at the end of my Critical Theory class) who was talking about everything being connected, down to us being connected to rocks even. Maybe you can talk about that?

[@ayurvedicman]

Yes to shirts! "What are we doing"

[@johnnyappleseed4133]

Very good videos mien

[@freifechterbasel6115]

Please make a vid on the basic necessary psychological conditions of a hypothetical dialogue which would enable absolute/global societal consensus.

[@GeniialesCoOko]

10/10 would buy a "What are we doing" T-shirt from you guys. Reflects my political views very accurately

[@richardl.metafora4477]

Thanks!

[@hrishikesh-s]

Hi Michael, can you please do a fireside chat with Alain de Botton for about an hour or 1.5 hours? I love the ideas you both present, and would love to see the discussion ❤

[@WisecrackEDU]

I mean, I don't know him, but would be happy to chat.

[@stevesmith4901]

In response to your request for video suggestions at the end of this video; I've recently come across a philosophy professor on KZbin by the name of Hans-Georg Moeller, who has an interesting new theory on identity formation which he calls "Profilicity". I would appreciate it if Wisecrack did a break down of it. I want to know whether Wisecrack thinks Professor Moeller is actually onto something or not. Thank you for your consideration.

[@MoMo-ul6uk]

Hey guys, great video. I actuality read the Ethics of Ambiguity and the Second Sex from de Beauvoir, and my opinion is that Existentialism is still relevant today (more than ever now I'd argue). America especially seems to have narrowed their social discussion around justice (for good reasons), but I think people certainly need to be reminded to take responsibility for the greater good (the definition of what that is can be argued). I'd like to see what your take is on the philosophy of minimalism. I recently came across a Netflix documentary uploaded to KZbin.

[@anweshachatterjee2849]

I have been loving the exploration of these theories through my studies in Gestalt. Would love to hear from you about your opinions in the gestalt psychotherapy realm 😊

[@dinninfreeman2014]

This video finally unlocked an understanding of the relationship between Existentialism, platonism, and rationalism. I've been reading a lot of Giordano Bruno and this helped me figure out some of the underlying philosophy I was grappling with. Honestly, another problem with existentialism I have is the belief in an unknowable universe as science has been shown to provide methods for predicting the universe, with particular regard to physics and chemistry which can get really precise about the natural laws of the universe. Perhaps there are things science will never be able to predict fully, but the reality is clearly ordered in a predictable way for much of the known universe, and as far as I can tell there's no reason to believe that it can't all be predicted.

[@thegoodlord6518]

4:44 you better double check that... In an interview in Les Nouvelles Littéraires, 15 November, 1945, Camus said point-blank: “I am not an existentialist.” He went on to say, “Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked. We have even thought of publishing a short statement in which the undersigned declare that they have nothing in common with each other and refuse to be held responsible for the debts they might respectively incur. It’s a joke actually. Sartre and I published our books without exception before we had ever met. When we did get to know each other, it was to realize how much we differed. Sartre is an existentialist, and the only book of ideas that I have published, The Myth of Sisyphus, was directed against the so-called existentialist philosophers.”

[@dango_dumpling]

Please make a video on the philosophy of The Little Prince (the book, not the movie). It's one of my favorites.

[@feedbackking1316]

I would buy that shirt but there should be one with and without the wisecrack title/logo.

[@erinmcdonald6076]

I want the “what are we doing? t-shirt please!

[@juliacoves5873]

First stream back after your paternity leave we will all email your publisher at once asking for your money

[@bryantgrove6199]

Like this breakdown of philosophy.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Yep. Life can be great if you put in the effort!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@markop.1994]

Or is it life can be great when you are born to economic prosperity?

[@steven2183]

hamster wheel mentality

[@TheDSasterX]

@Wisecrack any chance you could cover superdeterminism? It's a little science-heavy, but I think it's a pretty cool subscription. I'd also like to see more on metamodernism, it's a hard one to wrap my head around as a weird synthesis of modernism and post-modernism but also neither but also both

[@vauchomarx6733]

As a Hossenfelder enjoyer, I'd like to see this, but it requires waayy too much theoretical physics for a popular philosophy video.

[@TheDSasterX]

@@vauchomarx6733 I didn't think it was that wild a concept haha. Just like "if you have all this free will, where tf did you get it?" kind of logic. I've just always found free will folks a little... idk egocentric to think the uni/multiverse, or what have you, would find time for giving us unseen power over both physics and fate 🤷‍♂

[@lindsyfish6704]

Me, a longtime existentialist and theist: there is nothing sexy about existentialism. Freedom is terrifying unless you're properly prepared for it.

[@AlbertKamut]

Do you mind elaborating on being an existentialist and theist? I’m interested.

[@shzarmai]

Yep, it reminds me of Theistic Absurdism too thechristianrationalist.blogspot.com/2016/12/theistic-absurdism.html

[@9000ck]

sex is terrifying unless you are properly prepared for it.

[@KittySnicker]

Indeed it’s terrifying. I’m responsible for all my successes but also, for all my failures

[@lindsyfish6704]

​@@AlbertKamut I'd be happy to! When I was a Christian I saw it as an extension of the free will humans obtained by Original Sin. God was a strong force in my life, but wasn't the major force. That major force was me making decisions using my own morality, which happened to meshed nicely with Christianity. At least most of the time. The actions of the church body no longer meshing with my own morality is a major reason I left. Turns out I don't like being controlled. Go figure! Now that I've jumped the fence to another faith path , one without deities one with a pantheon of deities that aren't the typical "omnis" that the Christian god is attributed, I find no conflict at all. Most of the time my desires are unlikely to be of concern (or interest) to the gods I worship, and Buddha doesn't give a rat's ass what I do. I'm answerable to myself ultimately and I'm to live my life as I see fit. Most of the everyday use existentialism comes in the form of a mantra: "I have choices. They may all suck, but I have them. And I can make them".

[@chrisdavis1742]

Please do absurdism next! This was great!

[@xwaitts]

Wisecrack asking the real questions

[@Bestape]

Enjoyed this one. Delve deeper into ambiguity plz.

[@nick.g11]

No discussion on Husserl and phenomenology? Feels important when looking at existentialism and especially early existentialism. Maybe a separate video on Husserl?

[@WisecrackEDU]

Totally - honestly cut some of the historical context from this one as we only had so much time.

[@Garbimba1900]

8:29, yes to the t-shirt, but the question is more important. Really, what are we doing? What are we focusing on? If we know that there is a decline in population and a climate crisis, what are we doing? What should we be focusing on?

[@tcmackgeorges12]

Critique of Dialectical Reason mentioned! Mega W

[@ShadyForest]

I think a video on the Japanese historian and moral philosopher Watsuji Tetsurō would be fun. In my class at college, we briefly talked about how he tried to blend many of the Asian philosophies into one, but we didn’t have much time to get into the details :/

[@sergioramos3437]

I remember hearing about structuralism or something like that. Basically analyzed the world in terms of systems. I wonder how existentialism interacted with that school of thought