the question is wrong/illogical — EricH
1. x + 3 > 5. What is the solution set for equation 1? {3, 4, 5,...} — TheMadFool
What we have on our hands (nowhere) is a place which is no place. Paradox! — Todd Martin
This was only an example, but it seems to me that this is the case every time that the word "nothing" is used in english (or in the italian word "nulla"). The quantifier is always on a finite dominion of things. Because how could you formulate a sentence with "Nothing" using a quantifier without boundaties which makes any sense? Nothing comes to my mind (hehe). — L'Unico
Right. You can point to humans. Can you point to god or nothing? Try doing the same thing with the concepts of god and nothing. There are conceptions that are about the world and conceptions that are not (like imaginings). Which one is god and nothing - imaginary or real?Yes, that's an important point I'm grappling with at the moment. The concept is different to the thing the concept is about. For instance the concept human is not itself a human. — TheMadFool
An apple is not held in the mind either. The concept of an apple is held in the mind. You can hold an apple in your hand, but when you aren't holding an apple in your hand, are you necessarily holding nothing in your hand?Nothing itself is not actually held in the mind like an apple is. — TheMadFool
We have a definition of "apple". So we have a concept of "apple". The word is referring to the thing described by the definition. Does it mean that an apple is a concept? Well, no. This apple that I'm eating it's not a concept. It is not the concept of the apple. It's the apple. — L'Unico
there is still a HUGE difference between the apple in front of me and my concept of the apple. The concept it's just a definition. A collection of propositions. The apple is a collection of impressions. — L'Unico
However, take a moment to consider what Nothing is defined as - it can't be anything and that means it can't also be a concept. — TheMadFool
As a referent they can only use the image formed in their imagination, but I can use my memory of this morning. That thing that I saw this morning, that is what I'm referring to. — L'Unico
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