You won't get a sensible answer. Edgar is just playing with words. He might as well have said "We're here because we're here because we're here because we're here."
On 15 January 2014 18:20, Gabriel Bodeen <[email protected]> wrote: > So you're assuming that "nothing" must mean "non-existence"? Why? > > In any case, "Existence exists because non-existence cannot exist" is > really more of a slogan than an axiom, as we can't make deductions from > it. While I'm quite sympathetic to Platonic-style ideas, I don't assume > them axiomatically, so I see a critical difference between: > (1) Intrinsically non-existent things cannot exist > and > (2) The abstraction "non-existence" cannot exist. > because there seems to be excellent reasons (e.g. Russell's paradox and > "heterologicality") to believe abstractions need not be instantiations of > the property they describe. > > > > > On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:25:48 PM UTC-6, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Liz, >> >> That is the explanation.... >> >> Edgar >> >> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 3:44:00 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> On 15 January 2014 04:40, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> My Existence Axiom 'Existence exists because non-existence cannot >>>> exist', answers the first fundamental question, namely, 'Why does something >>>> rather than nothing exist?' >>>> >>>> Next you need to explain why nothing can't exist. >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
