[Ham] > 'ex nihilo nihil fit' is neither a tautology nor a self-contradicition. It > is a valid > principle (premise), the contradiction of which is fallacious.
A principle/statement/premise which cannot (sensibly) be contradicted is a tautology. [Ham] > the laws of Science are open to contradiction, as are all "true" principles. So 'ex nihilo nihil fit' open to contradiction or not? [Ham] > I do not expect to see the principle "nothing comes from nothing" disputed > by the scientific community anytime soon. Do you? Unfortunately, the current scientific vogue of talking about "dark energy" & "dark matter", can be taken as doing just that. [Micah] > Where is the evidence of nothing?...the belief that something comes from > nothing is based on the false premise that nothing existed. Basically there are only 2 choices: a) the universe always existed or b) it came into existence from nothing. We have no better evidence for a) than for b). 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/
