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6 Basic Kinds Of Answer To The Question “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?”

July 1, 2010 By Daniel Fincke 3 Comments

by Eric Steinhart Why is there something rather than nothing? This question includes God in its scope: if there is a God, then God is something, so we can always ask: why is there God rather than no God? This implies that the question cannot be answered by appealing to God. It can’t be answered [...]

Filed Under: Arguments Against The Existence of God, Arguments Against The Existence of God, Arguments for the Existence of God, Arguments for the Existence of God, Atheism, Atheism, Featured, God, God, Historical Philosophy, Historical Philosophy, Metaphysics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion, Plato, Plato Tagged With: "More Precisely: The Math You Need To Do Philosophy", "The Logic of Metaphor - Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds", "Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?", Being, Charles Sanders Peirce, Eric Steinhart, Heidegger, Jakob Boehme, John Leslie, Leibniz, Logic, Nishitani, Nothing, Paul Tillich, Plotinus, Pseudo-Dionysius, Thomas Aquinas, Victor Stenger 3 Comments

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