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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P align="center" class="MsoNormal"><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">The Atheist's Guide to the<O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P align="center" class="MsoNormal"><B><SPAN lang="EN-US">Philosophical Wasteland</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US"><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Table of Contents</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN>Part I          <A href="#Overview">Introductory Overview</A><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 1   <A href="#Philosophical_Wasteland">The Philosophical Wasteland</A><SPAN><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 2   <A href="#Atheism">Atheism</A><SPAN><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Part II         <A href="#Synchronic_Approach"><SPAN>Introduction to the Synchronic Approach</SPAN></A><SPAN><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 3   <A href="#Communism">Marx's Communism</A><SPAN><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 4   <A href="#Objectivism">Rand's Objectivism</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 5   <A href="#Existentialism">Sartre’s Existentialism</A><SPAN><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 6   <A href="#Nietzsche">Nietzsche</A><SPAN><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 7   <A href="#Diachronic_Chapter">A Diachronic Chapter</A><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><FONT size="3"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Chapter 8   <A href="#Conclusion">Conclusions on Atheism and Philosophy</A><O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><H1 align="center"><A name="Overview"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Introductory Overview</SPAN></A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/philosophical%20wasteland.htm"><P class="MsoBodyText2"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN>          </SPAN><I>The</I> <I>Atheist's Guide to the Philosophical Wasteland</I> is intended to promote critical thinking and serve as a guide to philosophical inquiry. Its goal is not missionary. It does not attempt to convert anyone to atheism nor promote a particular philosophy or worldview. It does not even argue that God does not exist. Instead, this is simply assumed as a starting premise for a deeper analysis of atheism. If there are no gods, regardless of whether this is the case, then what are the implications for philosophy and philosophical issues such as values, meaning and purpose in life?</SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D86F9996-A870-4684-A172-B40A3BBEA1EC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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