Questions tagged [gabriel-marcel]

Gabriel Marcel (1889—1973) was a French philosopher. He is associated with Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Maritain and negatively associated with Jean-Paul Sartre.

The following are sources of information about Gabriel Marcel:

The following is a site about him (in French):

The following are some of his writings:

  • Being and Having (1949)
  • The Mystery of Being, Volume I and II (1950-51)
  • Man against Mass Society (1962)
  • Creative Fidelity (1964)
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In what sense is Gabriel Marcel an existentialist?

After reading this question about existentialism What is the difference between existentialism, nihilism and absurdism? I began to doubt that all philosophers whom I have associated with existentialism are worthy of being satirized in a Woody Allen…
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What are points of disagreement between Gabriel Marcel and Michael Polanyi?

I see similarities between Gabriel Marcel's distinction between problem and mystery and Michael Polanyi's distinction between explicit and tacit knowledge. However, I suspect that similarity may be only on the surface. Is there any paper that…
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