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6437687 No.6437687 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any philosophers who offer an explanation of why there is anything at all instead of nothingness?

>> No.6437690

You mean, like, everyone of them?

>> No.6437712

>>6437687
Any ontologist
>>6437690
I don't agree

>> No.6437747

you might want to look into what is called Agnoiology. Which is like reverse Ontology.

But its a very rare school, I'm not even sure it has a wiki entry.

good luck.

>> No.6437767

is it a relevant question?
could you ever explain something that cannot be described in terms of a linear vectorspace in terms of entities within that vectorspace?
isn't that just paradoxical, making your question irrelevant and limited to the many assumptions you imply by asking it?

>> No.6437815
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6437815

Because we wouldn't be here talking about why we're here if it weren't possible to be here.

>> No.6437831

>>6437815
It's also possible to have nothing with no one asking any questions. OP is asking why is something contingent reality.

>> No.6437836

>>6437831

Is it possible to have nothing?

>> No.6437856

>>6437836
Yes, I "have nothing" to do with the way you posted your comment, but I wield control over the manner with which I respond to it.

>> No.6437867

If I but if nothing exist then there is nothing in place to stop something from popping into existence. I think the better question is why wouldn't anything exist instead.

>> No.6437891

God created the universe so that he would have creatures to love, and to love him. When the new world comes and we're living in a golden pyramid half the size of the moon and eating the fruit of life and exploring different galaxies and even cooler stuff you'll realize that this world was just a setup.

>> No.6437951

>>6437891
Are you Mormon? They are a fascinating group of people.

>> No.6437955

There are a lot of linguistic traps, OP, and you've just fallen into one of them.

>> No.6437958

>>6437687
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nothingness/#WhyTheSomRatThaNot

>> No.6437963

>>6437687
The Bible.

>> No.6438000

yeah i'm a philosopher here's the official answer:

why not!

>> No.6438194

>>6437687
That only seems like a question that needs to be addressed because our minds are too narrow to actually "see" what's actually going on. No one will ever know the real system behind this.