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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. logic - If the universe came from "nothing", why is it assumed that ...

    The notion that the universe - including space and time - had a beginning is, when taken in conjunction with a restricted version of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), the basis of …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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, …

  7. existence - Something and Nothing - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Oct 21, 2023 · Nothing is the mystical or ineffable experience of the empty field of awareness which we paradoxically think of as something. To speak of nothing is to evoke the distinction …

  8. philosophy of mathematics - How is zero different from nothing ...

    May 20, 2016 · That is, with nothing we able to experience something. That is not to say something comes from nothing, but nothing and something are the only absolutes, ( Think …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 …

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