Negativism as the Philosophical Approach to the Meaning of Life

Abel, Johannes (January 2022): Negativism as the Philosophical Approach to the Meaning of Life. First International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, August 20 - 21, 2018.

Abstract

The thesis of the paper is that regarding the question of meaning of life in our age, a study of Søren Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death (1849) can help us to understand the methodology as well as the theoretical position of Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus´ (1942), a position that has still systematic relevance today. We see in Camus what happens to the meaning of life if a deep foundational religious layer breaks away.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
• Keywords: Meaning of Life, Negativism, Kierkegaard, Camus
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy
• Language: English