Nolen Gertz discuss the often forgotten history of nihilism, of which Nietzsche is only one small part.

Do you think you are a nihilist?

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Nihilism, the abandonment of all fundamental beliefs, may appear a hopeless outlook. Yet perhaps it also has potential. Join philosopher Nolen Gertz as he explores the history of nihilism to give us a complex image of it as something we can learn to live with in our technological age.

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Nolen Gertz is Associate Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Twente, the Coordinator of the Human Condition Research Line of ESDIT, and a Senior Researcher of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology. His research focuses primarily on the intersection of political philosophy, existential phenomenology, and philosophy of technology.

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00:00 Introduction
00:28 the Russian nihilists
04:20 Beginning with Socrates
06:04 Descartes and sleep
08:20 the fanboy David Hume
10:25 Enter Immanuel Kant
13:30 The origin of the term

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