Absolute nothingness is impossible, but it would not be impossible if it were not for the existence of something.
This is entailed by "nothingness is impossible" (i.e. there cannot be not-something), no?[T]here may be no ultimate reason for existence; it may be that reality is a brute fact. — Ø implies everything
.. there may be no ultimate reason for existence; it may be that reality is a brute fact. — Ø implies everything
This is entailed by "nothingness is impossible" (i.e. there cannot be not-something), no? — 180 Proof
People find this aesthetically unattractive and insist on more pleasing stories. I came to this view as a small child and all that I've seen and read has not led me to an alternative narrative. — Tom Storm
I am of the view that there is no "normal" reason for reality, but there is a reason for why there must be no reason. — Ø implies everything
I struggle with these sports of sentences. What does it mean? — Tom Storm
In general, I don't think humans have the capacity to understand reality beyond certain parameters. — Tom Storm
Absolute nothingness is most definitely impossible — Ø implies everything
I think my argument can be simplified to this:
Absolute nothingness is impossible, but it would not be impossible if it were not for the existence of something. — Ø implies everything
Now, this last option is true, and if we left it at that, reality would be a brute fact in every sense (and also paradoxical I believe). However, there's more to it. You see, there is a reason for why this last option is true. A reason for a reason, or the lack thereof, is a meta-reason; so, we now have meta-reason for reality. But what is the reason for this? Well, that would be some self-referential reason. I think one could formulate this ultimate self-referential reason in such a way so as to include the meta-reason, though in order to make the full explanation as clear as possible, I think it is prudent to separate them. — Ø implies everything
Without this certitude, everything of value is lost to the absurdity of absolute skepticism — Ø implies everything
How can I know something is good for me if I don't even know I exist? — Ø implies everything
one could make the conscious choice to not give a damn about the technicalities and roll the boulder anyways, and this might be what I have to resort to if my project fails. — Ø implies everything
No one is arguing for absolute skepticism. — Tom Storm
Is anyone arguing this? — Tom Storm
I have no idea what any of this means. Sorry. This may well be on me. — Tom Storm
But physically, there are fields everywhere inundating empty space. — jgill
Absolute nothingness is impossible, but it would not be impossible if it were not for the existence of something.
Absolute nothingness is most definitely impossible — Ø implies everything
But physically, there are fields everywhere inundating empty space. — jgill
That is self-contradictory. The space is not empty if there are fields in it. These kinds of retorts seem to rise from a confusion of exactly how absolute the absolute nothingness is. We are talking "about" the inexistence of anything definable and undefinable; the inexistence of absolutely everything. — Ø implies everything
Why is there something rather than nothing? — Ø implies everything
Do you have the quotes from Hume's works? — Corvus
What are the counterpart words for "car", "book" and "Coca Cola"? — Corvus
Regarding the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?", as we know that "something" and "nothing" exist in language, but cannot know whether something and nothing exist outside of language, our reply can only be in terms of language and not in terms of what may or may not exist outside language. — RussellA
Absolute nothingness is only impossible from the perspective of something
"Absolute nothingness is impossible from any perspective." We could all nod and move on. — unenlightened
I was offering support for your position. — jgill
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