RE: Any Nihilists here?
August 12, 2023 at 12:28 pm
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2023 at 12:28 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(August 12, 2023 at 12:01 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: To be somewhat controversial, I can't really see how one doesn't end up with a nihilistic set of beliefs if one thinks a physicalist universe is most likely.
If physicalism true, then God, freewill, objective morality, and objective meaning inevitably evaporate, and absurdity inevitably follows. At least, that's how it seems to me. Scepticism likewise seems to follow.
It’s a question of degree. Does my life have meaning to the universe? Of course not. Does it have meaning to me? Assuredly.
And the same with skepticism. There’s now wrong with being skeptical - it’s the basis of scientific inquiry. But taken to extremes, it quickly devolves into a pigheaded solipsism.
Boru
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