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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
| Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- + surdus deaf, stupid | | Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- + surdus deaf, stupid |
− | *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1557] | + | *Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1557] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1 : ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous <an absurd [[argument]]> | | *1 : ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous <an absurd [[argument]]> |
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| '''Absurdism''' is a [[philosophy]] [[stating]] that the [[efforts]] of [[humanity]] to find [[inherent]] [[meaning]] in the [[universe]] ultimately fail (and hence are absurd), because no such [[meaning]] exists, at least in [[relation]] to the [[individual]]. "The Absurd," therefore, is commonly used in philosophical [[discourse]] to refer to the clash between the [[human]] search for [[meaning]] and the human inability to find any. In this [[context]] absurd does not mean "logically impossible," but rather "humanly impossible." | | '''Absurdism''' is a [[philosophy]] [[stating]] that the [[efforts]] of [[humanity]] to find [[inherent]] [[meaning]] in the [[universe]] ultimately fail (and hence are absurd), because no such [[meaning]] exists, at least in [[relation]] to the [[individual]]. "The Absurd," therefore, is commonly used in philosophical [[discourse]] to refer to the clash between the [[human]] search for [[meaning]] and the human inability to find any. In this [[context]] absurd does not mean "logically impossible," but rather "humanly impossible." |
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− | Absurdism is very closely related to [[existentialism]] and [[nihilism]] and has its [[origins]] in the 19th century Danish [[philosopher]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard], who chose to confront the [[crisis]] humans faced with the Absurd by developing existential philosophy. Absurdism as a [[belief]] [[system]] was born of the European existentialist movement that ensued, specifically when the French Algerian philosopher and [[writer]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus Albert Camus] rejected certain aspects from that [[philosophical]] line of [[thought]] and published his manuscript [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus]. The aftermath of [[World War II]] provided the [[social]] [[environment]] that stimulated absurdist views and allowed for their popular [[development]], especially in the devastated country of France.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism] | + | Absurdism is very closely related to [[existentialism]] and [[nihilism]] and has its [[origins]] in the 19th century Danish [[philosopher]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard], who chose to confront the [[crisis]] humans faced with the Absurd by developing existential philosophy. Absurdism as a [[belief]] [[system]] was born of the European existentialist movement that ensued, specifically when the French Algerian philosopher and [[writer]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus Albert Camus] rejected certain aspects from that [[philosophical]] line of [[thought]] and published his manuscript [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus]. The aftermath of [[World War II]] provided the [[social]] [[environment]] that stimulated absurdist views and allowed for their popular [[development]], especially in the devastated country of France.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism] |
− | | + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[Irony]]''''' |
| [[Category: Philosophy]] | | [[Category: Philosophy]] |