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Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

Philip Pullman, Philip Goff, and Nigel Warburton Ponder the Big Questions of Our Existence

By Philip Pullman, Philip Goff and Nigel Warburton | January 19, 2024

The Stranger Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties"> What Albert Camus’s <em

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The Stranger Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties">What Albert Camus’s The Stranger Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties

Kate Christensen on Finding Inspiration in the Existentialist Classic

By Kate Christensen | November 30, 2023

James Reich on Existential Fiction and the Imprint of Nature

James Reich on Existential Fiction and the Imprint of Nature

"In fiction, as in reality, we dismiss nature at our peril."

By James Reich | September 13, 2023

When Iris Murdoch Met Jean-Paul Sartre

When Iris Murdoch Met Jean-Paul Sartre

Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman on a Chance Encounter Between a Young Novelist and an Aging Philosopher

By Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman | May 11, 2022

Lonesome Dove author (and sly American existentialist), dies at 84."> Larry McMurtry, <em

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Lonesome Dove author (and sly American existentialist), dies at 84.">

Lonesome Dove author (and sly American existentialist), dies at 84.">Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove author (and sly American existentialist), dies at 84.

By Jonny Diamond | March 26, 2021

For Wittgenstein, Philosophy Had to Be as Complicated as the Knots it Unties

For Wittgenstein, Philosophy Had to Be as Complicated as the Knots it Unties

Making Sense of Nonsense, From Bertrand Russell to the Existentialists

By Jonathan Rée | August 21, 2019

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