Will to Believe, essay. This text deals with the relation of morality to religion to science. It also investigates the relation of faith to reason, trust to hope, and the importance of taking probability seriously.Existentialism from Dostoyevsky to Sartre:Selections from Nietzsche on European Nihilism: Why does human experience appear to be at odds with and different from our scientific description of reality? What is the consequence of the separation of appearance and reality?
Kafkas Parables: What can be learned from Kafkas parables? What do they tell us about the nature of bureaucracy, human freedom, and responsibility?
Camus Myth of Sisyphus: Why does Camus argue that human existence is absurd? If it is absurd, why does he advocate a struggle against absurdity?
Sartres Anti-Semite and Jew: Why and how is the selection from Sartres book considered to be a classic on racism and general and anti-Semitism in particular? What is the pathology of the mind of the anti-Semite? Can this be overcome?These are mostly short selections from some of the most important thinkers of the modern and contemporary world.
