On Epistemological Certainty. #worldview #consistency #logic #rationality #verify #Psalm14 @nvk

Nihilism means "nothingness" the negation of all being or value (see Nietzsche). In rejecting values, nihilism is antinomian or lawless. But even most relativists or situationists do not deny all value, just all absolute value. Less stringent nihilists simply deny that any ultimate or absolute value exists. The only value that exists is what we create. There is no objective value to be discovered. The negation of all being is self-defeating, since one has to exist in order to deny all existence. Those who do not exist do not deny anything. Likewise, the denial of all value is self-refuting, since the very denial involves the belief that there is value in making this denial. Nihilists value their freedom to be nihilists. Thus, they cannot escape affirming value implicitly, even when they deny it explicitly.