宙吊り実存論 ― 出来事・感情・責任の存在論的構造

This paper proposes “Suspended Existentialism,” a philosophical framework that addresses gaps in classical existentialist thought concerning how humans continuously process events and emotions in lived experience. While Heidegger emphasizes authenticity through resoluteness and confrontation with mortality, and Sartre foregrounds freedom and unavoidable responsibility, neither sufficiently theorizes how recurring events and accompanying emotions are structurally integrated into everyday life. Suspended Existentialism introduces the concept of a “suspended state,” in which emotions arising from events are neither denied nor fused with the self, but temporarily objectified through meaning-making. This structure allows individuals to remain connected to life and responsibility without collapsing into self-destructive emotional identification. The theory further distinguishes between emotions generated by present events, past recollection, and future imagination, clarifying their differing relations to responsibility and self-continuity. Ultimately, Suspended Existentialism offers an ontological framework for sustaining life amid inevitable experiences and emotions, redefining freedom as the capacity to determine how one bears unavoidable responsibility rather than escaping it.