Paradox of nihilism is the name of several paradoxes.
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Meaning
According to Hegarty, the paradox of nihilism is "that the absence of meaning seems to be some sort of meaning".
Truth
Niklas Luhmann construes the paradox as stating "that consequently, only the untrue could be the truth". In a footnote in his PhD thesis, Slocombe equates nihilism with the liar paradox.
Religion
Rivas locates the paradox in the "conservative attitude of Roman Catholicism" developed in reaction to Nietzschean nihilism, in that it "betrays a form of nihilism, that is, the forced oblivion of the real ambiguity and the paradox that inform the distinction between the secular and the sacred".
Critical legal theory
In Critical Legal Studies (CLS) theory, the arguments used to criticize the centrist position also undermine the position of CLS.
Ethical nihilism
According to Jonna Bornemark, "the paradox of nihilism is the choice to continue one's own life while at the same time stating that it is not worth more than any other life". Richard Ian Wright sees relativism as the root of the paradox.