(May 19, 2011 at 4:29 pm)theVOID Wrote: Nihilism as defined as: "the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated." is plainly false, values have their bases in our desires and we can communicate our desires and subsequently our values to others.
It contradicts some forms of Nihilism, the ones that state value is illusory, some however acknowledge subjective value and then precede in ignoring it - I see it ultimately as a futile all-or-nothing philosophy.
Very good point Void. This is one of the reasons why I shifted from Nihilism to Absurdism, as Absurdism agrees with Nihilisms "cold dark universe" yet also disagrees with Nihilism's view on values by pointing out that value and purpose can be found in the moment even if the Cosmos might not have an inherent value/purpose within it. We are caring humans in an uncaring Cosmos, and thus the absurdity is in the mix of the two..not in one or the other. Value in Absurdism can be very real and dear to its holder, but absurdism warns of philosophical suicide that one must keep in mind that these values are personal and NOT, as they say, "written in stone". Taking a leap of faith by suggesting such a concept as values, even in the slightest degree, is universal, is the same as commiting physical suicide when it comes to escaping the reality of "the cold dark universe".
