Philosophy in a Meaningless Life: A System of Nihilism, Consciousness and Reality

International Journal of Philosophical Studies 24 (2):280-283 (2016)
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Against Tartaglia, I argue (1) that life is not necessarily meaningless but it is absurd. It is absurd because our possible disappointment at death is not a disappointment we shall ever actually experience but it is a disappointment we yet fear, now, in life. (2) Tartaglia's idea is that life is meaningless whether we realise it or not but we are better able to realise it when we are bored. Against Tartaglia, it might be argued that the idea is itself a symptom of boredom, ie part of boredom itself. He has isolated meaninglessness in life but not the meaninglessness of life.

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