This paper motivates and defends alethic nihilism, the theory that nothing is true. I first argue that alethic paradoxes like the Liar and Curry motivate nihilism; I then defend the view from objections. The critical discussion has two primary outcomes. First, a proof of concept. Alethic nihilism strikes many as silly or obviously false, even incoherent. I argue that it is in fact well-motivated and internally coherent. Second, I argue that deflationists about truth ought to be nihilists. Deflationists maintain that the utility of the truth predicate is exhausted by its expressive role, and I argue that the truth predicate can still play this expressive role even if nothing is true. As such, deflationists do not stand to lose anything by accepting nihilism. Since they also stand to gain an elegant solution to the alethic paradoxes, on balance deflationists ought to be nihilists.

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没有什么是真的

本文激发并捍卫了道德虚无主义，即没有什么是真实的理论。我首先认为像说谎者和咖喱这样的道德悖论会激发虚无主义；然后我会为自己的观点辩护，以免遭到反对。批判性讨论有两个主要结果。首先，概念证明。道德虚无主义让许多人觉得愚蠢或明显错误，甚至语无伦次。我认为它实际上是动机良好且内部一致的。其次，我认为关于真理的紧缩论者应该是虚无主义者。紧缩主义者认为，真值谓词的效用已被其表达作用所耗尽，并且我认为，即使没有什么是真的，真值谓词仍然可以发挥这种表达作用。因此，紧缩论者不会因接受虚无主义而失去任何东西。因为他们也能找到解决道德悖论的优雅方法，