Can someone explain the theory of extensilism to me?

Question

in detail, and with out making my head explode please. :)

Answer 1

If you mean Existentialism you might get more joy from the philosophy forum.

Answer 2

The existentialist slogan (Sartre's) is: existence precedes essence.

What this means is:

1. There is no 'essential' human existence - that is, there is no 'human nature'. Your nature is what you choose it to be.

2. No matter how much you might want to deny it, your life is what you make it with your choices. You have free will, and thus you have nothing else to blame for the way your life turns out than your own decisions.

3. You are fully responsible for your immoral behavior.

Some existentialists have been atheists (e.g. Sartre), some have chosen religious belief (e.g. Kierkegaard).

Interestingly, existentialism did not develop in opposition to hard determinism (that is, physical science) but in opposition to the 'absolute idealism' and extreme rationalism of Hegel and his followers.

Answer 3

Watch the movie 'I Love Huckabees'...it's really good and they define the term pretty well (without making your head explode)...

Answer 4

well it is when the devil comes over you and controls you body and a priest pours holy water on you and does a bunch of prayers in Latin or something it take a few hours tho

Answer 5

I don't believe theres an absolute theory behind it...