Do nihilists believe in nothing at all?

Question

Since nihilism basically states that nothing can be communicated and that exsistence has no objective meaning or purpose do they believe in nothing at all. So is nihilism or more likely nihilistic beilefs paradoxical.

Answer 1

Nihilism argues that the world, especially past and current human existence, is without objective meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. Nihilists generally assert some or all of the following: there is no reasonable proof of the existence of a higher ruler or creator, a "true morality" is unknown, and secular ethics are impossible; therefore, life has no truth, and no action is known to be preferable to any other.

In the world of ethics, nihilist or nihilistic is often used as a derogatory term referring to a complete rejection of all systems of authority, morality, and social custom, or one who purportedly makes such a rejection. Either through the rejection of previously accepted bases of belief or through extreme relativism or skepticism, the nihilist is construed as one who believes that none of these claims to power are valid. Nihilism not only dismisses received moral values, but rejects 'morality' outright, viewing it as baseless.

Nihilism is often described as a belief in the nonexistence of truth. In its more extreme forms, such a belief is difficult to justify, because it contains a variation on the liar paradox: if it is true that truth does not exist, the statement "truth does not exist" is itself a truth, therefore showing itself to be inconsistent.


Center for Nihilist and Nihilism Studies:
http://www.nihil.org/

Answer 2

Read Micheal Foucault. A man who said we could be in utopia, but forgot to include the directions for getting there. A true nihilist.

Answer 3

impossibility..... believing that you believe in nothing is believing something so you can not be believing in nothing at all