Conference Presentations by Joshua Sharman
A paper presented at the 10th Annual Camus Society Conference, Pedagogical University of Kraków, ... more A paper presented at the 10th Annual Camus Society Conference, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Poland (17.11.17).
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Book Reviews by Joshua Sharman
A review of 'The History of Beyng' by Martin Heidegger, published in 'Phenomenological Reviews' (... more A review of 'The History of Beyng' by Martin Heidegger, published in 'Phenomenological Reviews' (18.08.17), at https://doi.org/10.19079/pr.2017.8.sha
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Drafts by Joshua Sharman
The paper will aim to show that the early Nietzsche, at the time of writing the 'Birth of tragedy... more The paper will aim to show that the early Nietzsche, at the time of writing the 'Birth of tragedy', can be shown to subscribe to three broad evaluative positions; those of: metaphysical scepticism and metaphyiscal pessimism, alongside what can be termed his "poietic epistemology". The first part of the paper will establish and elucidate these positions, whilst the second part will then situate the metaphysics of the Birth within the context of them.
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Papers by Joshua Sharman
Journal of Camus Studies, 2019
In his paper titled ‘Suicide, Meaning and Redemption’, Paul Loeb provides a purported Nietzschean... more In his paper titled ‘Suicide, Meaning and Redemption’, Paul Loeb provides a purported Nietzschean critique of Camus’ solution to the problem of the meaningless of life and the concomitant issue of whether one should commit suicide in the face of an apparent lack of any meaningful reasons to carry on living. His argument seeks to demonstrate that, considered from a Nietzschean perspective, Camus’ solution to this nihilistic incongruity between the value of life and the kind of value agents need to affirm it, is a life-denying one. Far from being a disciple of Nietzsche by offering a life-affirming solution to the apparent meaninglessness of life, Loeb concludes that Camus is guilty of the very life-denying solutions he locates in Schopenhauer and the ascetic ideal more generally. I argue that Loeb is wrong to draw this conclusion and assert the opposite; that Camus’s philosophy of Sisyphean revolt can be viewed as ‘life-affirming’ in precisely the way Nietzsche conceived of that concept. I claim that Camus’ idea of conscious revolt can be considered life-affirming and not life-denying, as Loeb concludes, because Loeb is mistaken about some basic premises of Camus’ position, which he uses to justify his Nietzschean critique of that position. One of these is Camus’s emphasis that life has no meaning, which is distinct from the claim that is has no value. Another is Camus’ view of death and its relation to human lives. I will demonstrate that, when properly understood, Camus’ existential solution is one of life-affirmation and not life-denial.
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