[Ham]
> My search for the 'ex nihilo' principle in logic books has so far proved
> disappointing,
Not at all. You should be disappointed only if you DID FIND the 'ex nihilo'
principle ("Nothing comes from nothing") in a logic book. That's not the
kind of thing logic books are informative about. Even a science book won't
help you. A science book can sometimes tell you that X came from Y
(e.g., Saturn's rings came from cosmic dust), but if science doesn't know
where X came from, then it doesn't always know whether it came from
something rather than nothing.
"Nothing comes from nothing" is a METAPHYSICAL rule that says
"Keep looking", but it can't guarantee there's anything to find.
Craig
Moq_Discuss mailing list
Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.
http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org
Archives:
http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/
http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
