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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 1 decade ago

Nothing existing? my theory correct/wrong?

My question concerns the question "Can there exist nothing?" or "Can nothing exist?" and my answer is no. My statement would be Nothing can not exist or There cannot exist nothing , either of these encompasses what i wish to express. Namely that to suggest, or to use the word exist implies that there is in fact something ( actually existing object; tangible/concrete and even possibly abstract objects like ideas and concepts (forms if you like plato) ) , but by the very nature of the word nothing it can't be a thing and therefore cannot exist. If something exists whether abstractly or actually/concretely it nonetheless is something and not nothing. So nothing can not exist. This is my conclusion.? ANY THOUGHTS

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  • 1 decade ago
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    NOTHING comes to mind! You should look into my head after a night shift- you'd definitely find nothing in abundance, or not!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well, Mr. "forms if you like plato" (i don't see how liking plato will in any way influence where his theories are relevant), saying nothing can exist is similar to saying

    nobody is here

    this is going nowhere

    It's certainly possible that not one person is here, or the conversation is not leading towards a specific end, and thus it's very possible for nothing to exist, which is equal to saying "no thing exists here"

    it's purely subjective that nothing can't be a thing, is an empty set still a set? Why yes.

    To summarize, there is no definitive proof either way.

    You must realize that nothing is a concept itself, for if it's not a concept, then we will have never thought of it!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, outside our universe is probably nothing as our universe is expanding into it, but even that in it own sense is something as it is empty space a void and is something which can be filled and thus is something, if it was something that was truly nothing then are universe would not be able to expand into it and even then it would have to be something as it would be blocking or resisting our Universe expanding into it and thus having a force which would make it something. So everything is something even if it is space or non-space. Nothing in itself is a concept but concepts are something so even in this sense nothing is something. Nothing can exist but not in the sense to which it should describe, so is kind of oxymoron.

  • 1 decade ago

    Nothing does exist, in the act of emptiness. Through the mind's perspective, we look into a room and see nothing there. Emptiness DOES "something" by us perceiving it and processing it (all our senses react to "nothing"...nothing as in emptiness).

    But, at the same time, there is something beautiful in emptiness since it allows for a slight "vacation" within the ever-active brain.

    What you've stated however many philosophers would agree with as being correct and the path you laid for coming to that conclusion.

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  • Zheia
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    1 decade ago

    It depends what is meant by nothing. We can have a concept of 'nothing', but there still needs to be a consciousness perceiving that nothingness. Generally, we tend to think of nothing as the absence of anything. This would depend on the absence of obstruction. But there is also a more subtle form which does not depend on absence of obstruction, and so does not change whether anything is present or not.

  • 5 years ago

    No, of course not. Have you ever heard of any god being part of quantum mechanics? Vitual particles are popping into and out of existence everywhere and all the time. Where in the theory does this require any god? Science and superstition are mutually exclusive.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the only time you will even come close to getting any answers is after the NOTHING becomes even more of a nothing.. ( when you so called....~ DIE)

    I do believe that something does transform into some other state...

  • 1 decade ago

    You are pretty much channeling Parmenides talking about what is and what is not.

  • 1 decade ago

    Just another paradox of the English language.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Welcome to 500 BC. Parmenides beat you to this conclusion :P

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