Existentialism refers to the philosophical movement or tendency of the nineteenth and twentyth centuries. Because of the diversity of positions associatedwith existentialism, a precise definition is impossible; however, it suggests one majortheme: a stress on individual existence and, consequently, on subjectivity, individualfreedom, and choice {3}. Existentialism also refers to a family of philosophiesdevoted to an interpretation of human existence in the world that stresses itsconcreteness and its problematic character. Existentialism is often seen as anirrationlist revolt against tradiational phylosphy. Although this may be true to acertain point, existentialism has played a key role in the way people look at the world.Existentialism, for several reasons, rejects epistemology and the attempt toground human knowledge. First of all,existenalist believe, human beings are notsolely or even primarily knowers. They also care, desire, manipulate, and, above all,choose and act. Secondly, the self or ego, required by some if not all epistemologicaldoctrines, is not a basic feature of the prereflective experience. It emerges from one'sexperience of other people. The cognizing ego presupposes rather than infers orconstitutes the existence of external objects. In other words, you are not born with anego, or thought of ones self, but it is created through experiences with other people.Finally, man is not a detached observer of the world, but in the world. He exists in aspecial sense in which objects suck as stones and trees do not; he is open to the worldand to objects in it. There is no distinct realm of consciousness, on the basis of whicha person might infer, reason why project, or doubt the existence of external objects{1}.Most philosophers since ancient Greek thinker Plato have held that the highestethical good is universal. Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard{4, 333} reacted against this tradition, insisting that ...
