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#790 Conor Cunningham: Theology, Nihilism, and Evolutionary Theory

The Dissenter

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The Different Forms of Nihilism

Do you think that it makes sense to distinguish between different forms of nihilism? And here I'm not talking about what some people attribute to nature. It's more about nihilism applied to different areas of philosophy or knowledge. For example, moral nihilism is there are no moral truths whatsoever. We can even talk about perhaps aesthetic nihilism. There's no beauty at all. Existential nihilism, life has no meaning. But anyway, I do think it's useful so we can actually get our heads rounded.

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