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I thought about this for quite some time, and have concluded that the entire philosophy of nihilism is an illogical contradiction. Let's dive into this and see what you think. People that are nihilistic believe that life has no inherent meaning or purpose, nothing truly matters, and there can be no such thing as an inherent truth. So let's look into the first claim of nihilism: no inherent meaning. It's funny that nihilists believe this because of the fact that no meaning is the meaning that they give to their lives. It's the same argument from getting something out of nothing. You cannot have anything without first having something.
Claim number two: nothing truly matters. Do they really believe that? Let's think about the implications of what this means. Why do anything at all if it doesn't matter? No one literally just sits around waiting to decay. Obviously, we do things because we think they matter in some way.
Claim number three: no inherent truth. Do nihilists really believe this? Do they believe that we don't all want to live a meaningful existence, give our life agency? I think you would be hard-pressed to argue that there is anyone out there that doesn't want to find meaning and purpose in their life. In a sense, you could argue the fact that we are all searching for meaning as a universal truth of life.
Claim number two: nothing truly matters. Do they really believe that? Let's think about the implications of what this means. Why do anything at all if it doesn't matter? No one literally just sits around waiting to decay. Obviously, we do things because we think they matter in some way.
Claim number three: no inherent truth. Do nihilists really believe this? Do they believe that we don't all want to live a meaningful existence, give our life agency? I think you would be hard-pressed to argue that there is anyone out there that doesn't want to find meaning and purpose in their life. In a sense, you could argue the fact that we are all searching for meaning as a universal truth of life.