@Why phil,
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"How do you know there are no reasons and thus no reasons behind those reasons, how do you know that?
Thanks."
I am largely in the belief that we do not "know" anything.
However this does lead me to contemplate, that without such knowlege, to be left with such mystery and ambiguity concerning the fundamental nature of existence is in itself absurd.
Quote:" We can escape absurdity. We can choose to be ignorant. "
Do we not create meaning as a reaction to the absurdity of existence?
Does absurdity require acknowledgement to exist?
Quote:"However, absurdism carries with it a pessimistic tone."
But does it really?
I will concede that it may initially appear so, in the same vein as Sarte's "condemned to be free."
"condemned" to define the inescapable nature, of the freedom from meaning and purpose, eg absurdism.
This does pose a weighty responsibility, however again your reaction to this is entirely your own.
I think the devistation of this notion is merely exasperated by a life lived passively.
It seems after reading this entire thread, we *are* debating the positive and negative implications of "absurdity" despite the varying denials.
Absurdity, freedom from meaning...it is all a blank canvas to me. Do as you will.
I am, have brain, will use.