Add to ORKGThe answer to the question of why there is Something rather than Nothing is that there has to be Something and that Nothing is impossible. There cannot not be Something so there cannot be Nothing. The paper justifies this conclusion, while also explaining why we might believe there may be Nothing. In the course of this, the so-called subtraction-argument is shown to be inadequate and question-begging
An age-old proposal that to be is to be a unity, or what I call a grouping, is updated and applied t...
The state of nothing is not stable. The physical nothing is not a general vacuum. The being is less ...
It seems natural to ask why the universe exists at all. Modern physics suggests that the universe ca...
My aim here is to answer the question about why is there something rather than nothing by arguing fo...
From Leibniz to Krauss philosophers and scientists have raised the question as to why there is somet...
Peter van Inwagen has given an answer to the question ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’....
Peter van Inwagen has given an answer to the question ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’....
The subtraction argument aims to show that there is an empty world, in the sense of a possible world...
This essay in the comparative metaphysic of nothingness begins by pondering why Leibniz thought of t...
In this paper, I introduce and discuss a paradox that I call “subtraction paradox”. The subtraction ...
Why is there something rather than nothing? This is probably the most profound question that can be ...
Does the concept of "nothing" even exist or is it just a placeholder for things that are outside the...
In this chapter, it is argued that the question of why there is anything at all is a legitimate one ...
An age-old proposal that to be is to be a unity, or what I call a grouping, is updated and applied t...
The state of nothing is not stable. The physical nothing is not a general vacuum. The being is less ...
It seems natural to ask why the universe exists at all. Modern physics suggests that the universe ca...
My aim here is to answer the question about why is there something rather than nothing by arguing fo...
From Leibniz to Krauss philosophers and scientists have raised the question as to why there is somet...
Peter van Inwagen has given an answer to the question ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’....
Peter van Inwagen has given an answer to the question ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’....
The subtraction argument aims to show that there is an empty world, in the sense of a possible world...
This essay in the comparative metaphysic of nothingness begins by pondering why Leibniz thought of t...
In this paper, I introduce and discuss a paradox that I call “subtraction paradox”. The subtraction ...
Why is there something rather than nothing? This is probably the most profound question that can be ...
Does the concept of "nothing" even exist or is it just a placeholder for things that are outside the...
In this chapter, it is argued that the question of why there is anything at all is a legitimate one ...
An age-old proposal that to be is to be a unity, or what I call a grouping, is updated and applied t...
The state of nothing is not stable. The physical nothing is not a general vacuum. The being is less ...
It seems natural to ask why the universe exists at all. Modern physics suggests that the universe ca...