PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Philosophical Skepticism
12 Jan 2017
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In relevance to the universe, we are a speck (a tiny irrelevant blink) in both time and space. Nagel suggests that this is not a reason for absurdity. He states that if 80 years of life is absurd, being immortal will not make our lives any else absurd. If anything it will make it infinitely more absurd. Whether your justifications are finite or infinite is irrelevant to the argument of absurdity. The fact that victim-blaming is a thing; that even rape is a thing. You"re going to get knighted by the queen and your pants fall down. There is a conflict between our pretentions and reality in terms of what we think is absurd and what really is absurd. Absurdity = the conflict between a deep desire and an unchangeable reality. Deep, unwavering desire = my life is serious and it matters (what decisions i make ex. Go to york or concordia, be a science or arts major etc. )
