Alan R. Pratt (born 1953) is a Professor of
Humanities
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...
at
Embry–Riddle University. He is known for his research on
existential nihilism
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value.Veit, W. (2018). Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem – Journal of Camus Studies 2018: 211-236. https://doi.org/10.1 ...
and
meaning of life
The meaning of life, or the answer to the question: "What is the meaning of life?", pertains to the significance of living or existence in general. Many other related questions include: "Why are we here?", "What is life all about?", or "Wha ...
.
Reviewed Work: The Critical Response to Andy Warhol by Alan R. Pratt
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Books
* ''Tales of Florida Fishes'', Zane Grey's West Society, 2016 (contributing editor)
* ''The Critical Response to Andy Warhol'', New York: Greenwood Press, 1997 (contributing editor)
* ''The Dark Side: Thoughts on the Futility of Life from the Ancient Greeks to the Present'', New York: Citadel Press, 1994
* ''Black Humor: Critical Essays'', New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993 (contributing editor)
See also
* nihilism
Nihilism (; ) is a philosophy, or family of views within philosophy, that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as objective truth, knowledge, morality, values, or meaning. The term was popularized by I ...
References
External links
Alan Pratt at Embry-Riddle University
University of West Florida alumni
Florida State University alumni
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University faculty
21st-century American philosophers
Phenomenologists
Continental philosophers
Philosophers of culture
Philosophers of nihilism
Philosophers from Florida
Existentialists
Philosophy academics
Heidegger scholars
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1953 births
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