The Absurd

In Philosophy, The Absurd refers to humans who continue to live their lives, despite knowledge that their lives are utterly pointless.

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It is related to existentialism, and it is in part a hyponym of nihilist.

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The most common definition of "point" is that to have point, something (an object, or simply living one's life) must have a higher purpose to justify it. However, for that higher purpose to have "point", then it too must have an even higher purpose. These "chains of justification" never come to an end, therefore nothing can be considered to have ultimate purpose. If they did come to an end, they might still not satisfy us. For example, for a cow to know that its higher purpose was to be eaten would probably not satisfy it.

Existentialism: Existentialism is a philosophical movement that views human existence as having a set of underlying themes and characteristics, such as anxiety, dread, freedom, awareness of death, and consciousness of existing, that are primary and that cannot be reduced to or explained by a natural-scientific appr...

Hyponym: A hyponym (in Greek: υπονύμιον, literally meaning 'few names') is a word whose extension is included within that of another word. For example, scarlet, vermilion, carmine and crimson are all hyponyms of red....

Nihilist: Nihilist may refer to...