One problem with this lil limrick is that it begins with a false dichotomy. But anyway, both something and nothing exist (e.g. 99.9% of each atom is empty space). :scream:I like this: Either something or nothing exist, but nothing does not exist; therefore, something exists. The logic is clear and so is the statement. — val p miranda
I will have to consider general nothing. Nothing is such an engrained part of our life, like time. Do you think that nothing (general or specific) could ever be located? It could--in the mind of humans. — val p miranda
"Why is there anything at all?" Because nothing prevents anything from coming-to-be. :smirk: ↪180 Proof. — 180 Proof
As i've pointed out here ↪180 Proof. — 180 Proof
We have been living with nothing a long time. it has grown on us and it is hard to eliminate. Recently, it occured to me that we have been discusing a non-existent. Incidentally, I appreciate all coments, pro or con — val p miranda
But is simply space nothing? Well, space may be simply immaterial. But that is not nothing but no-thing. — val p miranda
One problem with this lil limrick is that it begins with a false dichotomy. But anyway, both something and nothing exist (e.g. 99.9% of each atom is empty space). :scream: — 180 Proof
One problem with this lil limrick is that it begins with a false dichotomy. — 180 Proof
I distinguish "nothing" from "nothingness" ...
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/707639
... the physical (or quotidian) from the metaphysical (or wholly conceptual). — 180 Proof
Nothing denotes a something without any of the properties constituting the domain within which that something is embedded. (Re: physical) — 180 Proof
A question is an expression that consists of
a variable? :eyes: — 180 Proof
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