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

    Oct 16, 2023 · I understand why it has to exist, but how can zero exist, if zero is nothing, then nothing is something witch means that zero cant exist, I have seen similar questions but I still don't get it, he

  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. 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, 3 months ago …

  4. metaphysics - Can we imagine "nothing" or can we only conceive a ...

    Jun 11, 2025 · Nothing! -- Yeah, well, but that's not absolute nothingness, isn't it? Philosophical discourse about "nothing" always seems to dissolve into something like the Monty Python sketch of …

  5. 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' …

  6. If nothing is preventing something from existing, must it exist?

    Sep 25, 2023 · There is nothing to prevent me from creating a passible likeness of Bertrand Russell by carving a turnip- that does not mean that I must create it. Indeed, were that not the case, my house …

  7. Is this proof that the universe came from nothing valid?

    The universe didn't "come from" nothing, because the words "come from" have no meaning outside of the universe. That would be the scientific position... that you can't use concepts relating to time and …

  8. Does any physical entity last forever? - Philosophy Stack Exchange

    Oct 3, 2024 · 0 Does it matter? Pun intended. If the universe is not supposed to last, why would any matter last? If the universe is supposed to collapse at one moment, everything would have the same …

  9. After death there is immortality or nothing [closed]

    Nov 3, 2024 · After death there is Immortality or Nothing If you were to die, then what do you think would happen to you? In best case, you go to heaven, and you live there forever in eternal bliss, but how …

  10. Why isn't the dictum "something can't come from nothing" a matter of ...

    Nov 5, 2021 · Let us assume nothing exists, and let us name the quantity of nothing be 0. There exists 0. Let us abridge the construction of arithmetic, and accept the axiom that a natural number and its …