
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 …
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 …
existence - Something from nothing - Philosophy Stack Exchange
May 23, 2025 · Something had to exist to create the Universe, since it cannot come from nothing. Emphasis mine. This is not true. Violate time-translation symmetry, i.e. with Universal …
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 …
What happens when nothing happens? - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Mar 15, 2022 · Nothing is the negation of logical categories, defined by context. 'I'm doing nothing' would involve many biological processes, but a specific contextually relevant negation of say, …
epistemology - On knowing nothing - Philosophy Stack Exchange
Dec 3, 2024 · The Dutch 19th century writer Multatuli (the first to vehemently criticize Dutch colonialism in Indonesia) once wrote this variantion on the Liar: "Perhaps nothing is completely …
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 …
Nothingness cannot be. Does that imply something must be?
Self-rejection, or nothing, is an inherent possibility or option of being which happens often with it. That also implies nothing is always partial: only when being disperses and doesn't vanish …
Is there a specific sense of possibility (epistemic, logical ...
Dec 29, 2024 · If "nothingness" is only contingently a possibility, that implies that there always was something: the potential to be something; hence, nothingness can only be possible if it is …
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 …