Absurdism, Nihilism

I have actually being trying to find music that would make me feel more nihilistic.

I recently developed a small interest in absurdism and want to fully read https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11987.The_Myth_of_Sisyphus_and_Other_Essays.

I found a pdf online but it was only a handful of the essays plus the myth of sisyphus.

I think it's a shame that there apparently doesn't seem to be a lot of philosophers concerned with absurdism bar Kierkegaard and Camus.

I also keep meaning to try and read The Sickness Unto Death as Kierkegaard's principles of humans possessing both an infinite and finite realm seems to interest me and appeal to me a lot lately.

There's no contradiction with having goals and being a nihilist :P Nihilism is just acknowledging that there is no objective meaning to life. This is a simple derivative of fallibilism, which argues that all beliefs are either meaningless or ultimately based on assumptions. I'd recommend reading into that - the wikipedia page is pretty good at explaining it - and then letting us know what your thoughts are afterwards.

I'll consider making a sticky. Thanks for the advice

I still think you misunderstand nihilism. You're still a human being with generally innate emotions and responses to things, such as being disgusted at genocide, for example. Personally, I may dislike someone physically abusing me, but I don't think it is morally wrong because I don't adhere to the concept of morality. I believe morality, regarding the concept of right and wrong, is a sophist legacy of religion that describes what people generally like and dislike.

Hi there, ameteur philosopher here.

Stumbled across nihilism a few months ago and find some of the ideas fascinating.

So I totally agree life has no meaning or purpose. When I tell people this, they often find it extremely negative and perhaps unsettling. I feel most people who feel like life has purpose have essentially invented this for themselves, and there is a strong psychological reason to do so. They would feel life was not worth living if they also agreed life has no purpose (which I do not agree with!). I also feel the "purposes" and "meanings" people invent for themselves are often in fact goals, having goals and aiming for them does not mean your life has purpose, you merely possess goals.

I don't see anything wrong with my thought, it seems rational albeit understandably unsettling to some. How about you guys?

Hi there, ameteur philosopher here.

Stumbled across nihilism a few months ago and find some of the ideas fascinating.

So I totally agree life has no meaning or purpose. When I tell people this, they often find it extremely negative and perhaps unsettling. I feel most people who feel like life has purpose have essentially invented this for themselves, and there is a strong psychological reason to do so. They would feel life was not worth living if they also agreed life has no purpose (which I do not agree with!). I also feel the "purposes" and "meanings" people invent for themselves are often in fact goals, having goals and aiming for them does not mean your life has purpose, you merely possess goals.

I don't see anything wrong with my thought, it seems rational albeit understandably unsettling to some. How about you guys?