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  1. philosophy of mathematics - How can zero exist if zero is nothing ...

    Oct 16, 2023 · Or as an empty container. In my experience, zero is never defined to be "nothing" in mathematics, thinking of zero as nothing is a strictly nonmathematical conception of 0. There is some …

  2. How can something come from nothing? - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Oct 29, 2023 · The question should be 'How can something come out of nothing' not 'Why cannot something come out of nothing'. Stephen Hawkings has recently argued as to how the universe can …

  3. nothingness - Does something necessarily come from nothing ...

    Oct 21, 2024 · Throughout the history of time, it has been almost everyone’s intuition that something cannot come from nothing. That intuition is so strong that many can’t even imagine this to be false. …

  4. What is nothing? - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Apr 29, 2015 · 5 Krauss' definition of nothing is the result of the allergy contemporary physicists get from philosophy; the philosopher David Albert posted a crushing criticism of the book in response and …

  5. How do we actually reason/think/comprehend about nothing?

    Jan 3, 2026 · But "absolute nothing" has no salience (subjectively), because it doesn’t correspond to anything (objectively). If you stop reasoning about the word "nothing", it simply becomes irrelevant to …

  6. truth - There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Are ...

    Nov 23, 2023 · There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Are these words of Shakespeare,inspired by Marcus Aurelius, true? Ask Question Asked 2 years, 2 months ago …

  7. Something vs Nothing. Reality of 0? - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Feb 8, 2022 · Is nothing really nothing or is it something? Like is 0 something or nothing? And if nothing is something then would it be right to say that if nothing existed, something existed. And something …

  8. Is there a philosophy which argues that nothing exists?

    Oct 29, 2012 · That nothing exists is posited in medieval ontology In this attempt mysticism arrives at a peculiar speculation, peculiar because it transforms the idea of essence in general, which is an …

  9. Why is there something instead of nothing? - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    'Nothing' might be a result of 'something'. There was always 'something' but this 'something' is not always the same. Sometimes it changes in to 'something' else. This means that the 'something else' …

  10. A Theory That Explains Everything Explains Nothing

    The title of the question - A Theory That Explains Everything Explains Nothing - is said to be a quotation attributed to philosopher of science Karl Popper, but there's no consensus on whether he