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Existentialism vs Kantian - What's the difference?

existentialism | kantian |

As nouns the difference between existentialism and kantian

is that existentialism is (philosophy|not countable) a twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices while kantian is (philosophy) a person who subscribes to philosophical views associated with immanuel kant.

As an adjective kantian is

(philosophy) of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of (immanuel kant) (1724-1804).

existentialism

Noun

(en noun)
  • (philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
  • The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
  • (philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
  • Sartre's existentialism''' is atheistic, but the '''existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.
  • * 1965 , Mikel Dufrenne, "Existentialism and Existentialisms," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol 26 no 1 (Sep), p. 51.
  • Instead of Existentialism', we should speak of ' Existentialisms .

    Antonyms

    * noumenalism

    kantian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Kantean

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of (Immanuel Kant) (1724-1804).
  • * 1964 , , "Transcendental Phenomenology and Existentialism," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research , vol. 25, no. 1 (Sep.), p. 59,
  • Gurwitsch's notion of the perceptual noema as a completely idealized phenomenon is more Kantian than Husserlian.

    Synonyms

    * Kantianist * Kantist (archaic)

    Derived terms

    * Kantianism * Neo-Kantian

    Coordinate terms

    * Fichtean * Hegelian * Schellingian

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) A person who subscribes to philosophical views associated with Immanuel Kant.
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