The paradox of nihilism is a family of paradoxes regarding the philosophical implications of nihilism, particularly situations contesting nihilist perspectives...
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Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored...
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In philosophy, nihilism (/ˈnaɪ(h)ɪlɪzəm, ˈniː-/; from Latin nihil 'nothing') is any viewpoint, or a family of views, that rejects generally accepted or...
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discuss] Mereological nihilism is distinct from ordinary nihilism insofar as ordinary nihilism typically focuses on the nonexistence of common metaphysical...
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Moral nihilism (also called ethical nihilism) is the meta-ethical view that nothing is morally right or morally wrong and that morality does not exist...
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Russian nihilist movement (redirect from Nihilism movement)
which the broader philosophy of nihilism originated. In Russian, the word nigilizm (Russian: нигилизм; meaning 'nihilism', from Latin nihil 'nothing')...
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Newcomb's paradox: A paradoxical game between two players, one of whom can predict the actions of the other. Paradox of nihilism: Several distinct paradoxes share...
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Egoism (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
9:11[7] Pratt, Alan. "Nihilism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Crosby, Donald A. (1998). "Nihilism". Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge...
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Solipsism (category Metaphysics of mind)
argument Ethical solipsism Existential nihilism Externism Immaterialism LaVeyan Satanism Metaphysical nihilism Mind over matter Model-dependent realism...
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A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently...
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Metaphysical nihilism is the philosophical theory that there might have been no objects at all—that is, that there is a possible world in which there are...
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Après moi, le déluge (category Nihilism)
Retrieved 5 September 2024. Nishitani, Keiji (1990). The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism. Nazan studies in relgion and culture, SUNY series in modern Japanese...
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Anti-nihilistic novel (category Works about nihilism)
movement and revolutionary socialism of the 1860s and 1870s. The genre was influential in shaping subsequent ideas on nihilism as a philosophy and cultural phenomenon...
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Trivialism (redirect from Logical nihilism)
logical nihilism): All propositions do not have a value of true or false at some world. (AT7) Absolute anti-trivialism (or maximal logical nihilism): All...
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Absurdism (redirect from Philosophy of absurdism)
optimistic attitude toward the possibility of finding or creating meaning in one's life. Absurdism and nihilism share the belief that life is meaningless...
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inconsistent with the possibility of gunk. Sider's argument also applies to a simpler view than van Inwagen's: mereological nihilism, the view that only material...
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Poe's law (redirect from Poe Paradox)
Some treat Poe's law as part of contemporary kitsch culture; another view maintains that Poe's law could lead to nihilism, a situation where nothing matters...
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The preparedness paradox is the proposition that if a society or individual acts effectively to mitigate a potential disaster such as a pandemic, natural...
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Bulent Diken (category Philosophers of nihilism)
University, Department of Geography. Revolt, Revolution, Critique: The Paradox of Society The Sociology of Terrorism Nihilism (2009) Strangers, Ambivalence...
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Friedrich Nietzsche (category Philosophers of nihilism)
of master–slave morality; the aesthetic affirmation of life in response to both the "death of God" and the profound crisis of nihilism; the notion of...
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Hedonism (redirect from Criticisms of hedonism)
people. The paradox of hedonism and the hedonic treadmill are proposed psychological barriers to the hedonist goal of long-term happiness. As one of the oldest...
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Franca D'Agostini (category Academic staff of the University of Milan)
contemporary nihilism and relativism. In The Last fumes. Nihilism and the Nature of Philosophical Concepts (2008), D’Agostini provides an interpretation of nihilism...
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liar paradox, it does not rely on self-reference, raising questions about the nature of paradoxes and infinity. Zeno paradoxes A series of paradoxes proposed...
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Gillian Rose (category Academics of the University of Sussex)
in the fields of philosophy and sociology. Her writings include The Melancholy Science, Hegel Contra Sociology, Dialectic of Nihilism, Mourning Becomes...
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Messiah" and quotes sections of the essay, using Zapffe's work as an example of philosophical pessimism. Antinatalism Nihilism Philosophical pessimism Zapffe...
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Existential crisis (redirect from Crisis of absence of meaning)
Press. pp. 175–192. Pratt, Alan. "Nihilism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 25 January 2022. "nihilism". www.britannica.com. 14 August 2023...
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Atheistic existentialism (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
Journal of Philosophy (Spring 2007 Edition). Pratt, Alan. "Nihilism," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Michels, Steven. "Nietzsche, Nihilism, and...
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comprehensive look at number 0 and its controverting role as one of the great paradoxes of human thought and history since its invention by the ancient Babylonians...
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Antinovel (section Origin of the term)
the antinovel appeared as "an expression of that nihilism that fills the vacuum created by the withdrawal of positive directives for living", and as an...
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The Void (philosophy) (category Nihilism)
the absence of form. Throughout the history of Western thought, the Void has also been explored in the context of existentialism and nihilism, where it...
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