Does Philosophy Cause Nihilism?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:52 pm
the search for certainty causes it...
-Imp
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Does philosophy produce any knowledge, any philosophical constants?
What are you talking about? Which "nihilism" are you thinking about?HexHammer wrote:What a preposterous headline! If one becomes nihilist of philosophy one in the first place is a tard, easily manipulated and totally lacks rationality like a "rain man".
This isn't philosophy this is stupidification on a high lvl!!!
No, WTF are you talking about?Arising_uk wrote:What are you talking about? Which "nihilism" are you thinking about?HexHammer wrote:What a preposterous headline! If one becomes nihilist of philosophy one in the first place is a tard, easily manipulated and totally lacks rationality like a "rain man".
This isn't philosophy this is stupidification on a high lvl!!!
No - "I am." Full stop. You may believe the rest but they do not follow logically.Arising_uk wrote:For starters;
I am.
I can think in language, language needs at least two to exist therefore there are others.
Something cannot be and not be at the same time.
If something then something else then if that something then that something else.
Something or not that something.
Good answer, although doesn't it need a caveat? The unsuccessful search for certainty causes it. Even if you categorize the successful as naive, dumb, religious, etc., they are not nihilists.Impenitent wrote:the search for certainty causes it...
-Imp
How so? As at the very least the last three are axioms of Logic.Wyman wrote:No - "I am." Full stop. You may believe the rest but they do not follow logically.Arising_uk wrote:For starters;
I am.
I can think in language, language needs at least two to exist therefore there are others.
Something cannot be and not be at the same time.
If something then something else then if that something then that something else.
Something or not that something.
Maybe my mistake, what did you mean by "nihilist of philosophy"?HexHammer wrote:No, WTF are you talking about?
you assume your conclusion in the first premiseArising_uk wrote:How so? As at the very least the last three are axioms of Logic.Wyman wrote:No - "I am." Full stop. You may believe the rest but they do not follow logically.Arising_uk wrote:For starters;
I am.
I can think in language, language needs at least two to exist therefore there are others.
Something cannot be and not be at the same time.
If something then something else then if that something then that something else.
Something or not that something.
The second is this;
Language needs at least two to exist.
I think in language.
Therefore others exist. - Logical enough.
angst over nothing?Wyman wrote:Good answer, although doesn't it need a caveat? The unsuccessful search for certainty causes it. Even if you categorize the successful as naive, dumb, religious, etc., they are not nihilists.Impenitent wrote:the search for certainty causes it...
-Imp
Isn't nihilism just socially unacceptable skepticism? Or skeptics are satisfied nihilists, whereas nihilists suffer angst.