(October 18, 2013 at 1:49 am)FallentoReason Wrote:(October 18, 2013 at 1:41 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: How about the least fervent? Those who don't tell others that life has no intrisic meaning?
Their short-lived interest in metaphysics that led them to that conclusion is still a stain they can't remove from their allegedly empty lives
I'm not a nihilist (or am I? Beats me.), but I do play one on TV.
Perhaps you're aware that there a many forms of nihilism (metaphysical, moral, epistemological, ontological, metaphysical, etc). I'm not sure I'd want to try arguing that any were necessarily self-refuting - because they all depend on an *objective* source of intrinsic meaning / morality / knowledge / reality.
Also note that one can take a nihistic view (say, an existential one) without necessarily taking such a metaphysical position.
You'll have to forgive me if I'm reading too deeply between the lines - I've had a bit to drink and may be babbling.
It's that "objective" qualifier that buggers up the works.
