We seek truths for what

We seek truth to combat the meaninglessness in life.

Not just philosophers, every single person must encounter the question of “What’s the meaning of life?” at some time point in their lives.

Most people, just like Albert Camus’ Absurdism, will create their own versions of meanings in life despite knowing it leads to nothing.

Some people would resort to religions like reincarnation until achieving nirvana from Buddhism or going to heaven after death from Christianity.

Since we can’t prove the validity of the afterlife (unanimously), let’s just say we would sink into absolute nothingness after death. In this case, just like Arthur Schopenhauer and Philipp Mainlander’s philosophy, life is inherently nihilistic and meaningless.

There is no point in life.

Yet, human animalistic instincts prompt us to actively avoid death. Most people are sophisticated enough to know that lives have no meaning, yet they fear the demise of the human body.

In this case, people must actively seek “truths” and “definitions” in life to combat the meaninglessness in order to be “motivated” enough to keep living.

However, now knowing the reasons why we seek truths, we should also ponder upon their “truth-ness”.