nonfiction/philosophy
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The Philosophical Legacy of Dostoevsky's Implicit Rejection of Logic and Science in Part I of Notes from Underground
24 October 2025
*Notes from Underground* is widely admired as a cornerstone of literature, culture, and philosophy. This paper develops the argument that the primary philosophical undercurrent is a rejection of logic and science as end-alls in modern life, traced through comparison with the more explicitly articulated works of Dostoevsky's contemporaries and successors: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Shestov, Ellul, Sartre, Camus, Husserl, and Arendt.