Nihilism, Agency, and an Absurd Existence | Existential Basics ep.3

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An introduction to the concept of AGENCY, and a deeper dive into the implications of Fundamental Subjectivity and a basic rebuttal of the NIHILIST-ABSURDIST theory which follows from it.

NIHILIST-ABSURDIST theory belongs to a school of philosophy which brands itself with the mantra of "Everything is meaningless". Put simply, they think that, because we can't know anything to be true, that must mean that everything is false.

We can observe, however, that the NIHILIST and the ABSURDIST base their entire theory on a simple logical error—on a dogmatic rejection of dogma. They believe, that because existence is not inherently meaningful (as most people would typically believe) it is instead inherently meaning-less. However, right there is where they fail to acknowledge that their own position is also a claim to metaphysical knowledge: the idea that they know for sure that existence is inherently meaningless.
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#ExistentialBasics is a series exploring the basics and fundamentals of #ExistentialPhilosophy.

#Existentialism is, at its core, a fundamentally empirical discipline. What this means is that it can be easily broken down into simple, straightforward concepts which can be taught, learned, and understood by anyone, just like any other field of study.

This is our goal: to communicate the core concepts of Existential Philosophy in a way which can be understood and appreciated by anyone.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:17 - 1: Subject and Object; an Introduction to Agency
3:08 - 2: A Meaningless Existence; Nihilist-Absurdist Theory
8:24 - 3: The Absurdity of Absurdism; The Existentialist's Deconstruction
11:53 - 4: Conclusions
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