2007-06-12 06:55:30 · 22 answers · asked by MoonWater 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
In a word: NONEXISTENCE.
No parts, no attributes, no essence -- zip.
2007-06-12 08:26:35 · answer #1 · answered by ScaliaAlito 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing is the opposite of something, the absence of anything. This includes both physical and metaphysical objects. But even if nothing is the absence of anything, it is still an absence, and therefore something. Some would argue that true nothingness does not, cannot exist in any way; others would argue that it merely cannot be described or defined, much in the same way Hegel's "world" cannot be defined, but for different reasons.
2007-06-12 14:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing is a description. It is all in your head (not literally). It is NOT a state of the universe. In that way, it's a lot like math.
Consider an empty basket. You might ask someone what is in it, and they would say, "Nothing". But what they REALLY mean is 'nothing of importance to me right now'... after all, the basket is filled with atmosphere, light, and even space.
Nor is the emptiest void in our universe devoid of things. Virtual particles spring into (and out of) being constantly, providing 'something' even in the most apparently empty of spaces. The fabric of reality which provides the space itself might even be thought of as something which is always present.
About things which are truly devoid of even space we have no information at all. Perhaps that is the best way to think of 'nothing' - devoid not only of objects, but also information and imagining... if you can picture it, it is not nothing.
Nothing, then, is what is impossible to imagine.
2007-06-12 14:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nothing does not exist; it can be found neither in reality nor in your mind. Can you picture nothing. Even if picture complete darkness, it is still something. Complete blank is also something. There is no such thing as nothing.
In the first few answers, someone mentioned about a vacuum, but a vacuum is still something and a hole is also something.
2007-06-12 14:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing is the absence of matter, a vacuum. A vacuum is by it's very nature nothing, or, should I say, consists of nothing. If there were something in the vacuum it would not be a true vacuum, therefore, it contains nothing.
2007-06-12 13:59:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The opposite of Everything!
2007-06-12 15:45:43 · answer #6 · answered by Stargirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing means like not existing at the time basically.
2007-06-12 14:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by cootiesr4guys 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing (nuh-theeng) noun: that which comprises a speech by Hillary Clinton.
2007-06-12 14:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something beats nothing.
2007-06-12 14:38:30 · answer #9 · answered by Compass Rose 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about not define anything..?
2007-06-12 14:07:57 · answer #10 · answered by The Catalyst 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Non-being simply.
2007-06-12 15:44:31 · answer #11 · answered by checkhead 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋