
Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Three/Closereads Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Exploring Irony: Capturing Poetic Experiences and Controlling Meaning
This chapter delves into the concept of irony and its role in personal life. It examines how irony allows individuals to capture poetic experiences and create artworks, emphasizing the importance of controlling irony for its proper meaning and validity. The chapter also draws parallels between doubt in science and irony in personal life, highlighting the essentiality of irony for genuinely human existence.
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