ABSURDISM
Absurdism
In philosophy, "the Absurd" refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any. In this context absurd does not mean "logically impossible", but rather "humanly impossible". The universe and the human mind do not each separately cause the Absurd, but rather, the Absurd arises by the contradictory nature of the two existing simultaneously. Absurdism, therefore, is a philosophical school of thought stating that the efforts of humanity to find inherent meaning will ultimately fail because the sheer amount of information as well as the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Absurdism
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
absurdism
Noun
- A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
- Absurdity, something that is absurd
The above text is a snippet from Wiktionary: absurdism
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.