These questions are from an Intro to Existentialism, please try to…

These questions are from an Intro to Existentialism, please try to…

These questions are from an Intro to Existentialism, please try to

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(4) Explain Derrida’s argument that the conditions of the possibility of “the gift” are also the conditions of its impossibility. Why might one think that this argument undermines Levinas’s phenomenology of personal interactions? Why might one think that it does not? Do not neglect to address Derrida’s remark that we should commit ourselves with “faith and rigor” to inquiry concerning the gift.

(5) Discuss two philosophers who think that acknowledging possibly bleak or disappointing facts about the world is a necessary part of living with joy. Why does each think this?

(6) Why is it relevant to Murdoch’s story of M and D that D may be dead? How does this fact help ensure that the story counts as a clear counter-example to the “picture of man” Murdoch opposes?