DIANOIA !e Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Boston College SPRING 2013 ISSUE II Featured Articles: Confronting Death: !e Absurd in Camus and Frankl DIANOIA THANK YOU Dianoia Department of English !e Institute for the Liberal Arts Center for Centers Department of Philosophy !e Institute for the Liberal Arts STAFF Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Editors Layout Design Faculty Advisor QUESTIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS COVER !e Death of Marat Dianoia Dianoia EDITORS’ NOTE Death of Marat Dianoia Pocahontas Batman Begins Dianoia Confronting Death: !e Absurd in Camus and Frankl Dianoia Dianoia Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Managing Editor CONTENTS 3 9 Batman Begins 15 21 25 Pocahontas 31 39 45 55 “ “Philosophy opens us up to that dimension—what is a human being? what does it mean to be a human being?—across the full spectrum of human experience. 3 Heidegger: !rough Phenomenology to !ought, Why should an undergraduate study philosophy? Why is philosophy still relevant in today’s society? Interview with William Richardson, S.J. 4 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL beyond 5 How about your own personal experience in philosophy? What "rst got you interested in philosophy? For some of us it’s a good course, or a mentor. What was it for you? Heidegger renounced his Catholic faith and developed a sort of godless philosophy of ultimate being. Do you think there is any possible reconciliation between faith and Heidegger? How did you work through the di#culty? metaphysical a 6 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Do you think someone’s religious life can bene"t from examining Heidegger’s philosophy? Being and Time questions. question he raises, “ “Freedom necessitates the possibility of choice. Everyone must face their circumstances and their su!erings and make a choice of how to bear through them. 9 A !e Myth of Sisyphus George Massey Confronting Death: !e Absurd in Camus and Frankl 10 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL !e Plague !e Plague logos individualist compassion 11 world at large life 8 12 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL 13 physician’s its from him himself individualistic of others haven’t the meaning of life is to give life meaning !e Myth of Sisyphus. Teaching Philosophy !e Myth of Sisyphus Teaching Philosophy Philosophy Today Man’s Search for Meaning Man’s Search for Meaning Man’s Search for Meaning Psychotherapy and Philosophy “ “"e deathly Void that conquers with sword and scythe is itself conquered by paper and pen. 15 !e Severed Head !e Severed Head Batman Begins Batman Begins Batman Begins Batman Begins !e Prestige Memento Robert Williams Beyond Chiroptophobia: Capital Vision in Batman Begins 16 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Faust 8 !anatos !anatos Eros 17BATMAN BEGINS 18 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL As Batman Begins com 19BATMAN BEGINS !anatos and and and and !e Severed Head: Capital Visions. Batman Begins Severed Head Batman Begins Severed Head Batman Begins Severed Head Batman Begins Severed Head Batman Begins Batman Begins Severed Head Batman Begins Severed Head “ “Free will is still fully a part of Nature, but rather than a resultant, it is a law by which Nature operates, much like gravity, motion, and the like. 21 Eric Marturano Free Will as a Natural Law in a Mechanist World 22 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL 8 23 Concerning the Origin and Nature of the Emotions Modern Philosophy: An Anthology of Sources 24 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Concerning the Origin and Nature of the Emotions. 25 F Notes from the Underground !e Brothers Karamazov deal Notes from the Underground Alan Lipchin Dostoevsky on Human Freedom: Responding to the Gift of Freedom in Modern Society 26 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL 8 27 !e Brothers Karamazov. Brothers Karamazov, !e Grand Inquisitor !e Grand Inquisitor 28 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Notes from the Underground 29 Notes from the Underground. !e Grand Inquisitor, !e Grand Inquisitor Notes from the Underground is Basic Writings of Existentialism Existentialism Existentialism Basic Writings of Existentialism 30 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL !e Brothers Karamazov Basic Writings of Existentialis Dostoevsky: A Life 31 Dances with Wolves Avatar Pocahontas Pocahontas Pocahontas a Saljooq Asif Montaignian and Voltairian Principles in Disney’s Pocahontas 32 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Of Cannibals Pocahontas: John Smith 33POCAHONTAS Pocahontas: John Smith: Pocahontas John Smith Pocahontas: 8 34 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL 35POCAHONTAS Philosophical Dictionary, 36 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Philosophical Dictionary Pocahontas Pocahontas he Pocahontas Myth: !e Real Story, Not Disney’s Distortion. Pocahontas !e Complete Essays of Montaigne: “Of Cannibals” 37POCAHONTAS Pocahontas. Of Cannibals Of Cannibals !e Portable Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary, Of Cannibals, Pocahontas Philosophical Dictionary !e Portable Voltaire: Letters Philosophical Dictionary Pocahontas. “ “Cezanne successfully established a middle ground among the bifurcation that united the act of ‘appearing’ and the objects that actually do appear. 39 F Shades James Baylor !e Philosophy behind Cezanne and his Recovery of Objectivity: !e Decisive Break from Pure Impressionism 40 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL in and through envelope ordinary vision over in and through Cezanne’s Doubt ordinary vision 41 prima facie (envelope) prima facie Japanese Bridge Mont Sainte-Victoire Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine Tree 42 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine Tree over it in and through Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine Tree 43 Shades – Of Painting at the Limit Cezanne’s Doubt Paul Cezanne Letters Shades – Of Painting at the Limit “ “It seems as if, on the whole, the modern man has dismissed the age-old quest —set on by Socrates— to objective self-knowledge. 45 A !e Lord of the Rings !e Lord of the Rings Nichomachean Ethics Gjergji Evangjeli On Why it is Hard for Modern Americans to Relate to Aragorn 46 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL !e Silmarrillion. !e Lord of the Rings 47 Te 8 !e Lord of the Rings !eatetus !e Abolition of Man 48 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL is asserted as a priori 49 !e Silmarillion true 50 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL pater familias 51 Princ New Atlantis 52 DIANOIA UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL Nichomachean Ethics !e Lord of the Rings: !e Two Towers !e Lord of the Rings: !e Return of the King, Tao Te Ching Te Henry IV: Part II Lord of the Rings: !e Two Towers Christian Re"ections !eatetus Lord of the Rings: !e Two Towers, !e Divine Liturgy According to St. John the Chrysostom !e Lord of the Rings: !e Fellowship of the Ring !e Lord of the Rings: !e Fellowship of the Ring !e Abolition of Man !e Lord of the Rings: !e Two Towers 53 !e Lord of the Rings: !e Return of the King AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES George Massey Robert Williams Eric Marturano Alan Lipchin Saljooq Asif James Baylor Gjergji Evangjeli 55 D IAN O IA TH E UN D ERG RAD UATE PH ILO SO PH Y JO URN AL O F BO STO N CO LLEG E SPRIN G 2013 ISSUE II