One of the major challenges that we have today in the culture war is the absence of context in the mind of the modern conservative thinker. While there still exists some vestiage of ethical foundation, the modern conservative is merely batting at the air because he does not have the full context for philosophical discerenment. I believe the modern conservative has lost his /her context because they have unknowingly succombed to the existential idea of exalting the here and now, while pushing aside the past and ignoring the future!
To become more effective thinkers in this culture war, we need to understand the history and theories behind these philosophies to effectively engage in intelligent conversation.
Two ways for exploring philosophy are to study:
- categories of thought
- people that prompted these categories
The purpose of this table is to break down these categories of thought and provide a table to match up these original thinkers with their ideas. And also to provide a timeframe for context. I encourage the reader to explore these different ideas and the outcomes that proceed from taking them to their logical conclusion.
Category | Philosopher(s) |
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Existentialism
| Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger
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Humanism | Julian Huxley, John Dewey, Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann
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Pragmatism | Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and George Herbert Mead
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Positivism | Auguste Comte
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Religious Pluralism
| Several contributors during the course of history
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Hedonism | Epicurus, John Stuart Mill
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| Liberalism | To be added at a future time.
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