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| Posted By: Julian D Posted On: Jul 28, 2011 Views: 1218 | Can there be nothing? Can there possibly be "nothing" somewhere? "Nothing", in itself, is something. And if nothing is something, then there can be no "nothing" by definition. |
| Posted By: Keith Mayes Posted On: Jul 28, 2011 Views: 1216 | RE: RE: Can there be nothing? You are defeating your own argument. You ask if nothing can exist then define nothing as something. Make your mind up. |
| Posted By: Julian D Posted On: Jul 29, 2011 Views: 1212 | RE: Can there be nothing? No, I'm just wondering weather or not people think that there can possibly be "nothing" somewhere, I'm not arguing anything. |
| Posted By: Keith Mayes Posted On: Jul 31, 2011 Views: 1204 | RE: Can there be nothing? I will have to assume that you have decided that "nothing" can exist and it is not something. Nothing cannot exist within the universe but could possibly exist outside of it. |
| Posted By: Julian D Posted On: Feb 1, 2012 Views: 1112 | RE: Can there be nothing? Yes but by saying that "nothing" can exist "outside of this universe" you are referring to it as something. "nothing" is absence of "something", but perhaps nothing cAnnot exist because by defining it we are acknowledging that it is "something". It seems contradictory to me to define "nothing" as something that exists because it is fundamentally something that does not exist, it is a void of all "somethings". |
| Posted By: David Taggart Posted On: Dec 18, 2013 Views: 955 | RE: RE: Can there be nothing? Don't think there can be nothing as emptiness is still something though it is lacking in form and substance and things with form and substance require it to exist. Emptiness and substance are reflections of aspects of the same thing probably. |
| Posted By: Joseph Posted On: May 31, 2016 Views: 792 | RE: Can there be nothing? Posted By: Julian D Posted On: Feb 1, 2012 Views: 320 RE: Can there be nothing? Yes but by saying that "nothing" can exist "outside of this universe" you are referring to it as something. "nothing" is absence of "something", but perhaps nothing cAnnot exist because by defining it we are acknowledging that it is "something". It seems contradictory to me to define "nothing" as something that exists because it is fundamentally something that does not exist, it is a void of all "somethings". You do see the circle you are locked into? You believe that by giving the "absence of something" an explanation or title that you are in essence no longer talking about "the absence of something", you see how I have avoided ising the "N" word? This is to prevent you from chasing your tail again. Perhaps instead of using verbal or written words to describe "the absence of something" we should use sign language or telepathy to discuss it to further prevent your confusion. |