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Existentialism
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Christopher Panza
and Gregory Gale
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Existentialism For Dummies ®
Published by
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
111 River St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.wiley.com
Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published simultaneously in Canada
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WORK MAY HAVE CHANGED OR DISAPPEARED BETWEEN WHEN THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AND
WHEN IT IS READ.
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Department within the U.S. at 800-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002.
For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport .
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2008930834
ISBN: 978-0-470-27699-0
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Existentialism
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Christopher Panza
and Gregory Gale
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Existentialism For Dummies ®
Published by
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
111 River St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.wiley.com
Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published simultaneously in Canada
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as
permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior
written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to
the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600.
Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing,
Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, 317-572-3447, fax 317-572-4355, or online at http://
www.wiley.com/go/permissions .
Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the
Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com and related trade
dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its af liates in the United
States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor
mentioned in this book.
LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: THE PUBLISHER AND THE AUTHOR MAKE NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF
THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITH-
OUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO WARRANTY MAY BE
CREATED OR EXTENDED BY SALES OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. THE ADVICE AND STRATEGIES
CONTAINED HEREIN MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERY SITUATION. THIS WORK IS SOLD WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PUBLISHER IS NOT ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, OR
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. IF PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED, THE SERVICES OF
A COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL PERSON SHOULD BE SOUGHT. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR THE
AUTHOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING HEREFROM. THE FACT THAT AN ORGANIZA-
TION OR WEBSITE IS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK AS A CITATION AND/OR A POTENTIAL SOURCE
OF FURTHER INFORMATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE AUTHOR OR THE PUBLISHER ENDORSES
THE INFORMATION THE ORGANIZATION OR WEBSITE MAY PROVIDE OR RECOMMENDATIONS IT
MAY MAKE. FURTHER, READERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT INTERNET WEBSITES LISTED IN THIS
WORK MAY HAVE CHANGED OR DISAPPEARED BETWEEN WHEN THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AND
WHEN IT IS READ.
For general information on our other products and services, please contact our Customer Care
Department within the U.S. at 800-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002.
For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport .
Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may
not be available in electronic books.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008930834
ISBN: 978-0-470-27699-0
Manufactured in the United States of America
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About the Authors
Christopher Panza was born and raised in New York. After struggling unsuccess-
fully to gure out the meaning of his existence as a young teenager, he decided
to go to the State University of New York at Purchase, where he could major in
philosophy and literature and gure out all the answers. He got his degree, but
no nal answers to the meaning of life. After college, he spent a few more years
working in business and hammering away at that meaning-of-life question. In
frustration, he decided to then attend the University of Connecticut to pursue his
master’s and doctoral degrees (in philosophy) in order to nally get an answer.
Once again, he accumulated more degrees but arrived no closer to the mean-
ing of life. So he gured he’d at least put his degrees to work and has worked
as a professor in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Drury University,
in Spring eld, Missouri, since 2002. He received the University’s Excellence in
Teaching Award in 2004, which is surprising given that he tries to infect students
with the same frustrating desire to seek answers to unanswerable questions. In
addition to his interests in existentialism, Chris has interests in (and teaches on)
a number of other topics such as ethics, Confucianism, free will, and modern phi-
losophy. Chris is also married and has one three-year-old daughter, Parker, with
one more addition to the family on the way. Chris is hoping to infect his own chil-
dren one day with the same desire to investigate life that has long invigorated
him and as a result made life an interesting and mysterious experience.
Gregory Gale discovered existentialism at the tender age of 15 and has been
dancing over the abyss ever since. After receiving his BA in Philosophy from the
Colorado College and his MA in Philosophy from the University of Connecticut,
he went wandering the earth in search of his Dasein. He has spent most of the
last 15 years teaching everything from Jean-Paul Sartre to Dr. Seuss, and prides
himself on making dif cult material accessible to everyone. Most recently, his
search for meaning, value, and a really good bourbon took him across the
country in a beat-up Toyota Tercel. He wound up in Las Vegas, Nevada where he
lives, works, writes, and pursues his philosophical investigations into the exis-
tential signi cance of Elvis Impersonators, Showgirls, and the Poker Philosophy
of Doyle Brunson.
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