I found your post very interesting! A philosophical engineering is possible yes I'm sure. In other words, to develop certain objects, right through pure speculation, which are able to interact in a third position which is not purely scientific or philosophic. (if I got correctly the expression)
Called my attention what you called here the "boundary" which "gives" substance. best Carlos On Aug 18, 2:26 am, Roger <roger...@yahoo.com> wrote: > If anyone is interested, I put some of my ideas on why things > exist, why is there something rather than nothing, and infinite sets > at the following website: > > https://sites.google.com/site/ralphthewebsite/ > > The abstract of the "Why do things exist and why is there > something rather than nothing?" paper is also below. Thank you! > > Roger > > Why Do Things Exist and Why is There Something Rather than Nothing? > > Abstract > > In this paper, I propose solutions to the questions "Why do things > exist?" and "Why is there something rather than nothing?" In regard > to the first question, "Why do things exist?", it is argued that a > thing exists if the contents of, or what is meant by, that thing are > completely defined. A complete definition is equivalent to an edge or > boundary defining what is contained within and giving “substance” and > existence to the thing. In regard to the second question, "Why is > there something rather than nothing?", "nothing", or non-existence, is > first defined to mean: no energy, matter, volume, space, time, > thoughts, concepts, mathematical truths, etc.; and no minds to think > about this lack-of-all. It is then shown that this non-existence > itself, not our mind's conception of non-existence, is the complete > description, or definition, of what is present. That is, no energy, > no matter, no volume, no space, no time, no thoughts, etc., in and of > itself, describes, defines, or tells you, exactly what is present. > Therefore, as a complete definition of what is present, "nothing", or > non-existence, is actually an existent state. So, what has > traditionally been thought of as "nothing", or non-existence, is, when > seen from a different perspective, an existent state or "something". > Said yet another way, non-existence can appear as either "nothing" or > "something" depending on the perspective of the observer. Another > argument is also presented that reaches this same conclusion. > Finally, this reasoning is used to form a primitive model of the > universe via what I refer to as "philosophical engineering". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
