The definition presently given Existentialism is generally defined as the group of philosophies which hold that the essence of a human is determined by its existence is not helpful to the reader it is jargon ALTERED semi famous jargon but jargon This also focusses too much on Sartre As asked BEFORE what are some of the philosophies that belong to this group of philosophies The pronoun its is a poor word choice does it refer to people or essence Right now it reads as saying an essence is determined by that essences existence Fixing that one thing however does not fix the many problems here Also this fails verification since sources cited do not define existentialism this way and changing precedes to determines is editorial synthesis If there is no general consensus then HOW ON WHAT BASIS is it generally defined as X The reader is owed some account of this discrepancy Failing that he should not be burdened with any statement about how it is generally defined PARTICULARLY not when that definition is the ALTERED jargon of ONE author Sartre