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 xistentialism is not a philosophy, but a mood embracing a number of disparate philosophies; the differences among them are more basic than the temper which unites them. This temper can be described as a reaction against the static, the abstract, the purely rational, the merely irrational, in favor of the dynamic and concrete, personal involvement and engagement, action, choice and commitment, the distinction between authentic and inauthentic existence, and the actual situation of the existential subject as the starting point of thought. Beyond this the so-called existentialists divide according to their views on such matters as phenomenological analysis, the existential subject, the intersubjective relation between selves, religion, and the implications of existentialism for psychotherapy ...Insofar as one can define existentialism, it is a movement from the abstract and the general to the particular and the concrete ... -- Brent Dean Robbins, Mythos and Logos Why do I post on certain Internet message boards and forums? If you have read this far, I am exactly halfway through explaining this odd phenomenon. For the completion of this brief essay, please click or select my hypertext link ... | |
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| Who among us is not intrigued or even fascinated with the Einstein@home project's "patron saint" ... Albert Einstein? I don't have anything specific to offer about the Einstein@home project, but not too long ago, I created a brief but illustrated essay of my own, in the format of a messages board post, about Albert Einstein and the General Theory of Relativity v. Quantum Physics. If you would like to see it, please click or select this post title: If there were bubble gum trading cards for scientists ... I would like to participate in Beta Test activities - have been doing that for SETI@home. I enjoy doing what I can to publicize the growing number of distributed computing projects; especially the BOINC projects that I run myself. If you would like to see my latest BOINC promotion, please click or select the Mac/Intel advert below:  | |
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