Flipped Learning : Existentialism

 Existentialism 

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Flipped learning

Flipped learning is a methodology that helps teachers to prioritize active learning during class time by assigning students lecture materials and presentations to be viewed at home or outside of class. One of the most exciting advancements in the modern classroom is flipped learning.

What is Existentialism?

Existentialism is the philosophical belief we are each responsible for creating purpose or meaning in our own lives. Our individual purpose and meaning is not given to us by Gods, governments, teachers or other authorities.

Existentialism emphasizes action, freedom, and decision as fundamental to human existence; and is fundamentally opposed to the rationalist tradition and to positivism. That is, it argues against definitions of human beings as primarily rational.

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This video began with the basic introduction of Existentialism and gave three sides of existentialism; freedom, passion and individuality. Existentialism is the theory which came up after war so it came from meaninglessness of life, absurdity. According to Albert Camu one should embrace and understand absurdity rather than start believing in god. Believing is god means escaping from the real situations and leaving everything in god. This is Philosophical suicide. For the first time I came across this out of the box idea, the idea of Philosophical suicide.

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This video talks about the Myth of Sisyphus- Sisyphus teaches us to never give in to circumstantial disappointments or try to escape from the failures, rather accept failures the same way we accept our achievements. Along with it Absurd reasoning is talking about in relation to suicide.

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 This video is that one needs to confront problems which are leading one to absurdity . When you confront a problem and try to fight it; there will be the total absence of hope,continuous rejection and dissatisfaction but all this is not equal to despair, renunciation and immature unrest.

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 This video talks briefly about the three theories of Dadaism, nihilism, and existentialism. Dadaism emerged after WW I which questioned every traditional value and tried to destroy its base. 

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 This video clarified that it to be a gloomy philosophy because it pulls anxiety, despair, absurdity, depressing/ frightening thoughts into life. 

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This video explains that Existentialism and Nihilism are not the same things. Existentialism believes in the moment or now and here, while Nihilism believe in nothing or at least faith in nothing. Nihilism rejects any universal truth. The philosophy arose in early 19th century in Russia as a revolt of the existing structure recommending rejection of social constructs.

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This video gives the difference between Existentialism and Nihilism. It says existentialism is not a psychological system or set of rules, it is a movement.

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This video talks about Eric Dodson’s personal experience being existentialist. He likes existentialism because it appeals to our mind, heart and soul. He shares that if one keeps on looking at things rationally then life takes away the magic of things/ life.

Question of in this video

1. what  is Existentialism? 
2. What is the most important thing in existentialism?
3. why existentialism is important in literature and human life?
4. What is absurd reasoning?
5. Plato and Aristotle thought that every things has an essence including to us and they believe that over essence exist in us before we're even born is it true or not?

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