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Xanax for the Philosopher's Soul: How to Stop Worrying About Nihilism
Xanax for the Philosopher's Soul: How to Stop Worrying About Nihilism
Xanax for the Philosopher's Soul: How to Stop Worrying About Nihilism

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202103700
ISBN  
9798314893272
DDC  
100
저자명  
Papenhausen, Vaughn Rutan.
서명/저자  
Xanax for the Philosophers Soul: How to Stop Worrying About Nihilism
발행사항  
[Sl] : The Ohio State University, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
149 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-11, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: McPherson, Tristram.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약This dissertation examines whether philosophical angst about nihilism-specifically nihilism about authoritative normativity-is a fitting emotional response. Authoritative nihilism holds that while generic normative standards exist, no normative standards have the special "oomphy" authority often attributed to morality, rationality, or other binding normative domains. Rather than attempting to refute nihilism, I investigate whether we should worry about it even if it were true. I begin by confronting the self-defeat argument, which suggests that if nihilism is true, then nihilism itself cannot be bad. This creates a puzzle: how can we even coherently ask whether nihilism's truth would be bad? I resolve this by reframing the question in terms of fittingness norms-standards that regulate emotions without requiring authoritative normativity. I argue that angst is fitting only when its object would be bad in some way we care about and when we either believe this object obtains or rationally suspend judgment about whether it does.In subsequent chapters, I demonstrate that nihilism would not undermine core human concerns. Chapter Two shows how our deliberative practices can be replaced with "schmeliberation"-a process that provides the same practical benefits as deliberation without assuming authoritative normativity. Chapter Three distinguishes between "nihilism-susceptible" and "nihilism-resistant" varieties of meaning in life, arguing that nihilism-resistant varieties (particularly terrestrial meaning) provide everything we instrumentally value about meaning. Throughout, I employ a general strategy of identifying replacements for practices that seem to require authoritative normativity, showing that these alternatives can deliver the same benefits without the problematic metaphysical commitments.I conclude that angst about nihilism is unfitting: if nihilism is true, it is not bad in any sense that warrants angst; if nihilism is false, angst about it is misplaced; and even if we rationally suspend judgment about nihilism, we can know in advance that its truth would not be bad in a way that makes angst fitting. This analysis not only offers comfort to those troubled by nihilism but also clears the path for evaluating nihilism's truth without the distorting influence of angst.
일반주제명  
Philosophy
일반주제명  
Ethics
일반주제명  
Metaphysics
키워드  
Angst
키워드  
Nihilism
키워드  
Metaethics
키워드  
Error theory
키워드  
After error theory
기타저자  
The Ohio State University Philosophy
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-11A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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