Like absurdism that Albert Camus talked about
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To clarify further – absurdism is the belief that the world/universe has no order (is absurd) and is ruled by chaos. Nihilism is the belief that our individual lives are meaningless/purposeless and make no difference to the world/universe. Only slight differences between the two, but absurdism assesses the status of the world/universe while nihilism assesses our individual/personal relevance within the world/universe.
Oof. A darker one.
Basically, absurdism is the belief that we live in a “absurd” world. Our existence is meaningless, there is no point to anything, and the universe obeys no laws.
It’s a little ironic because nihilism is essentially the same belief. There is no meaning to anything and it’s pointless to try to find it. But an absurdist follows the constant battle between us knowing there is no meaning, yet continuing to search for it anyway.
Existentialism is sort of the same, but states that we must find our own meaning.
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