We all need to be aware of the opposing argument, from the horse's mouth, not caricatured by our allies.
Why does human origin of meaning imply nihilism? Nihilism usually means total absence of meaning rather than non-essentialness of meaning.
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if meaning is the creation of human minds, what is the origin of non-human-made meaning?
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meaning is an attribute of thought. if something can think it can decide what its thoughts might mean. non-human-origin meaning comes from non-human thinkers.
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something that thinks can decide what its thoughts mean? really?
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i dont think you actually disagree with that i'm really just trying to figure out why you like the label "nihilism", especially when your own usage of it is a bit unconventional
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something that thinks can *believe* it can decide what its thoughts mean. this is a mirage.
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I agree. I can't decide what my thoughts mean. They feel meaningful relative to values/whatever meaning-generating memes I host and contain meaning (in the referential sense... perhaps the definition of a thought is "an awareness of meaning"). To "decide" is just more thought.
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