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Heidegger's term 'Geworfenheit', referring to humans' individual existence as being thrown into the world, shaping their perception and possibilities.

A concept popularized by Albert Camus involving the conflict between human tendencies to seek inherent value and meaning in life, and the inability to find any in a purposeless, meaningless or chaotic and irrational universe.

A concept implying that individuals are thrown into certain conditions of existence, such as their era or sociocultural context, influencing his or her life.

Martin Heidegger's term for human existence; emphasizes the unique position of humans in questioning their own being, central to his existential analysis.

Associated with Søren Kierkegaard, the idea that embracing religious faith goes beyond rationality and requires a subjective commitment or 'leap'.

Jean-Paul Sartre's concept detailing how individuals experience themselves from the perspective of others, affecting their freedom and self-conception.

Concept referring to the directedness of consciousness; a fundamental principle of phenomenology that influenced existentialists' views on the structure of experience.

Sartre's concept which explores the encounter with another free being, revealing the objectified nature of the self within the social world.

Sartre's concept describing the human tendency to deceive oneself to avoid the responsibility that comes with full awareness of one's freedom.