
nothingness - Does something necessarily come from nothing ...
Oct 21, 2024 · Nothing = something + less than nothing. "Less than nothing" is another name for gravity. Sounds like somebody's crazy theory, huh? But it is one of the amazing things that …
philosophy of science - What is nothing? - Philosophy Stack …
Apr 29, 2015 · In that sense, emptiness is a physical force, and empty space is a real thing, not a 'nothing'. At the same time the Parmenidean 'Nothing' as a supernatural construct also just …
How can something come from nothing? - Philosophy Stack …
Oct 29, 2023 · Before big bang, there was nothing that was giving rise to particle-antiparticle pair(s), possibly for infinite time, if we insist to define time in that context. There must be …
metaphysics - What is nothing - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Jun 6, 2016 · Nothing is a problematic term; user of this term, considering nothing as a noun, are often at risk to run into linguistic traps. As you correctly state, the original meaning of the terms …
philosophy of mathematics - How can zero exist if zero is nothing ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Here, zero is't "nothing" zero is defined to be a set. As an analogy, we could think of zero as a folder on a computer with no files inside. Or as an empty container. In my …
Is there a philosophy which argues that nothing exists?
Oct 29, 2012 · The word 'God' may be used for this 'Nothing' that lies beyond all diversity, but this language would be optional. It would be impossible for there to ever be a true Nothing, but the …
metaphysics - Why is there something instead of nothing?
And let's define the nothing opposite to something as NOTHING, all in uppercase, in contrast to using semantics for talking about an empty group, the regular usage for nothing. So, first, let's …
Because nothing exists, nothing also does not exist
Jun 6, 2016 · "Nothing" and "something" are not two separate tangible concepts, the concept of "nothing" is the absence of "something". The same thing applies to things like light. There isn't …
Is Nothing actually imaginable? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
We assume nothing, as assumptions are intrinsically empty and have no value in and of themselves. To imagine "nothing", ie "give image", is a statement of relation as we only …
How could our universe suddenly appear out of nothingness?
The physicists 'nothing' is a special state called the 'vacuum state'. It certainly isn't the philosophical nothing as SteenJobs pointed out in his excellant answer. As a provocative …