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Originally Posted by theapportioner
Hey Brandon --
What do you think of Tom Nagel's criticism of Camus's Existentialism? Basically argues that Camus's elevation of the philosophical problem of suicide suggests that he is taking a too-serious attitude towards life. This flys in the face of the idea that life is absurd and inconsequential.
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Existentialism acknowledges that while life is, by default, meaningless (in the cosmic sense), it is anything but meaningless to the living beings themselves. Camus saw no problem with this assertion. Existentialism is, after all, highly subjective.