I literally mean any philosophic deabte, ie. Free will vs. Determinism, Existance preceeding essense, vice versa, Tri-angle of God's fallacy etc. I really mean any debate or ideal thought up of my past philosophers. Kant, Kierkegaard, Des Carte, Nietzsche, Sartre, Hume, anyone.

[quote=cookieavalanche]All right, then talk about.. existence preceeding essence.[/quote]
Do you know what that is? Or who proposed it?

[quote=AgnosticAtheist1]Isn't it existentialist? I don't like this type of philosophy because it's too categorical :) the whole referencing famous philosophers never caught on with me. It seems all too... religious. I prefer individual philosophy, and each issue being taken separately. But I know enough about some of these categories to hold at least a reasonable discussion. But as an atheist and a materialist, essence and existence... well you can guess my views there[/quote]
Correct, it is Sartrean existentialsim, but existentialist theories are the thought of under the pretense that there is no correct religion (normally). There are some Christian existentialists, but Christian theories contradict most existentialist theories, and it is irrational to be a Christian existentialist. Sartre was very atheist, as was all his his particular theory. You say you prefer each topic to be taken separately, but that this type is too categorized. Those statements are contradictory. Because categorizing helps organize, which makes things more separate while grouping them, though that doesn't seem to make much sense.

[quote=AgnosticAtheist1]By Categorical, I meant taking categories as a whole, rather than looking at the individual issues.

I prefer things like hypotheticals, where you can isolate one vatiable and measure the change to the system.[/quote]
Wow. I am done.

Woo! Philosophy talks! I'm a philosophy minor.

Ya'll need to see the light that is Nietzsche when talking about existentialism. oo and Heidegger.

ooo! and Kafka. Hopelessness and absurdity right there.

Indeed it is. Have you read it? I used to tell my little cousins stories about the monstrous vermin. I'd switch their names with the lines from the books and give them nightmares.

[quote]Als Alexander Lalama eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.[/quote]

(As Alexander Lalama woke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself in his bed, transformed into a monstrous insect.)

[quote=Derevirn]Kierkegaard was an existentialist (though he didn't use that term), yet I agree that existentialism is pretty much incompatible with religion. I prefer Sartre's existentialism :)[/quote]

Yea, I must say that Chrsitian existentialism is just about the dumbest goddam philosophy I have ever heard of. When you are a Christian, there is no need for further explanation, says the bible.

Kian-Are we forgeting Sartre? and Beauvoire? (Spelling?)

-Does anyone know anything about phenomonology?

I wanted to add that I don't really expect anyone to mention Sartre, he is extremely vague, and sort of un-definable...