It's hard to be happy if you think the world is terrible and problems aren't soluble.https://twitter.com/cosimia_/status/1071155381395574784 …
-
-
Replying to @reasonisfun
But does it matter whether someone believes that? They might believe progress is an illusion/impossible for (poor) philosophical reasons but so long as that knowledge is embedded in their life in some other way, could they still be happy? How important is this belief, I wonder?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @pmathies
In real life, people aren't wholly consistent in what they think. But to the extent they are, and they think bad philosophy is true, it can mess with their life. I think justificationism, for example, is directly responsible for a lot of suffering. Pessimism too.
2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @reasonisfun @pmathies
I’m writing an article at the moment on what I dub depressive nihilism. Whilst nihilism itself isn’t ‘bad’ in essence, often its consequences are if someone has little knowledge to counter it with. This is when it starts to negatively affect emotional and behavioural states
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cosimia_ @reasonisfun
That sounds really interesting. The idea being that to the extent philosophical nihilists live consistently with their belief they get depressed (ie fail to solve the problems they are interested in solving)?
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
