Ideas from 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom' by Simon Critchley [2001], by Theme Structure

[found in 'New British Philosophy' by Baggini,J/Stangroom,J [Routledge 2002,0-415-24346-7]].

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

6847	Humour can give a phenomenological account of existence, and point to change

6848	Humour is practically enacted philosophy

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

6844	Scientism is the view that everything can be explained causally through scientific method

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

6835	German idealism aimed to find a unifying principle for Kant's various dualisms

6837	Since Hegel, continental philosophy has been linked with social and historical enquiry.

6836	Continental philosophy fights the threatened nihilism in the critique of reason

6838	Continental philosophy is based on critique, praxis and emancipation

6845	Continental philosophy has a bad tendency to offer 'one big thing' to explain everything

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

6846	Phenomenology is a technique of redescription which clarifies our social world

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

6843	Perceiving meaninglessness is an achievement, which can transform daily life