That’s depression, not nihilism. Nihilism is related to existentialism, and is about believing in nothing but what you experience or can prove. Unfortunately it’s very close to some forms of scientism, whereby someone makes “Science” their religious faith. The idea of nihilism is to be faithless and to view the world through the lens of the material.
That’s depression, not nihilism. Nihilism is related to existentialism, and is about believing in nothing but what you experience or can prove. Unfortunately it’s very close to some forms of scientism, whereby someone makes “Science” their religious faith. The idea of nihilism is to be faithless and to view the world through the lens of the material.
Oh, so I am a nihilist? 🤔
As another commenter pointed out, this is a bad description of nihilism. That sentence describes empiricism.
You are probably an empiricist.
As that other commenter pointed out: