that's not much of an elaboration. The thread literally starts with "I'm not sure if there is some gaping hole in nihilism so I ask commenters to show...
I actually have a very long history with religion and objective morality (born muslim) and my decision to move from that was based on reading and doin...
Or maybe you just can't understand it logic is a tool that RETAINS truth to be specific. A conclusion is only true if it's premises are true. P3 is sa...
I replied to your comment within 2 minutes of reading it (though I guess you wouldn't believe that). Can you elaborate on why exactly you think this i...
so if it just so happens that I want to slaughter humans then I am perfectly morally justified in doing so/I should do so? Also Still does not follow....
I assumed everyone is familiar with some of the justifications of nihilistic relativism but here is my own formulation of it P1: The application of lo...
Ok sure you got me I care. How does that invalidate the claim that an objective morality/value/knowledge is impossible in any way. My subjective value...
How can this be true if you cannot derive an ought from an is. It seems that the word "moderate" would fit better than rational in this case (moderate...
I don't. However it might signal to other users that you do not tend to finish conversations which is useful information. Why do I care about informin...
oh sorry forgot to reply to you. It makes a difference only because I decided it would and my decision it would is arbitrary. Imagine if I was suicida...
I don't know what you mean by "adjective of nihilism". I can tell you the meaning of nihilism though: There is no objective morality/knowledge/value. ...
Nihilism stands staunchly against an objective meaning or purpose for living. That's not a value judgement that's a lack of one. Those are not the sam...
The fact that there is no logic for existence IS the main point of nihilistic relativism. Nihilistic relativism is a recognition of that fact and the ...
I understand that. However existential nihilism staunchly stands against OBJECTIVE meaning which is what my whole argument is about. Objective as in s...
no you are not. subjective =/= objective. They are polar opposites. Would you enlighten me then? What am I getting wrong And what does that even mean....
I highly doubt many people go by that definition. If they were the same thing why do we have 2 different words? According to me: Subjective: seen true...
How is that a conflation? That's a definition People suggesting alternatives to nihilism and us arguing about whether or not they work You haven't giv...
I agree but under that paradigm, these "objects" or "life" or whatever it is you decide to start from BEFORE reason is necessarily subjective and unve...
I can decide whether it has meaning or not but in doing so I will have effectively decided that it does not have an objective meaning which is what th...
no knowledge is impossible if you assume logic works. There is no reason to assume logic works but I don't recommend you get rid of logic. To elaborat...
No because I don't think my opinion of "I don't think truth and falsehood hold the same value" has to be universal as I've said towards the end: You h...
yeah it IS me that said that. I didn't claim it is universal. See the "I" in "I don't think". Most of my posts are written using personal pronouns for...
Yes the belief is that it is non-existent or if it existent that it is inaccessible. There has been no proof that an objective value/knowledge/moralit...
See, I see a sort of enigma with nihilism in that according to it, believing in objective morality, God, superstition, etc is just as good as believin...
I believe that truth and falsehood are only determined relative to certain unprovable premises or conditions. For example, "I see a green apple" requi...
This is circular reasoning The assumes the existence of future and past selves and is again circular reasoning This is unprovable. There is no way to ...
I think you missed a very important line I said You cannot use the argument "MOST people say a sunset is beautiful" to derive "The sunset's beauty is ...
as far as I understand, you seem to be trying to tie ethics to the core tenets of logic and mathematics but I do not believe this to be possible. I th...
I have more objections to this so I'm gonna say my main one and then the two you already said and why your retorts to them are not at all sufficient i...
This is similar to one of the Buddhist views am I wrong (I am not very knowledgeable on those)? Note I will use mind and soul interchangeably here. Yo...
arguing with someone who believes reason is not necessary for knowledge is completely futile. I KNOW I am right. And I KNOW you are wrong according to...
I bet 99% of the people in the civilized world would staunchly disagree with that statement. If you are willing to accept illogical or unproven statem...
Of course they do. Even solipsism explains unpleasurable events as "caused by certain parts of your mind you do not have access to" which would pass f...
I never claimed anything as a result of there being a potentially infinite set of starting axioms so there is no problem like that. All I'm saying is ...
have you actually read my comment or just the first line? If you've read the comment please address it Why exactly is this rubbish? I agree with that ...
But... This is clearly false. Look at non eucledian geometry. Beforehand there were 5 postulates but then people started removing some and adding some...
You mean, there are not a lot of As that WORK (are practically useful) if the As are the starting axiom. I agree, however picking axioms because they ...
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