How does existence exist?

Question

Ayn Rand once said that "existence exists". Provided that is true, what makes that possible? Generally, we believe that human experience (our senses) is an adequate representation of our existence and the existence around us, but our senses will never be able to tell us how existence could ever exist. Or will they?

Ayn Rand once said that "existence exists". Provided that is true, what makes that possible? Generally, we believe that human experience (our senses) is an adequate representation of our existence and the existence around us, but our senses will never be able to tell us how existence could ever exist. Or will they?

EDIT:
I believe that existence exists, and that a lack of all existence is not only unfathomable, but impossible. I do believe, however, that there is no way to explain exactly how existence itself exists. This doesn't mean that we can't prove that it does exist. In order for us to have this conversation, there must be some form of existence, and that existence must exist. I was simply seeing if there was someone who thought differently; someone who thinks that it is possible to prove how existence exists. Thank you for your responses!

EDIT EDIT: Vasu063, I didn't ask why existence exists, I asked for someone to explain how it exists. Also, I don't think that there's a physicist in the world that would agree with your "answer".

Answer 1

It exists because of the existence of soul.

Answer 2

Existence is unfathomable...the alternative is unthinkable! Thinking in itself IS proof of "existence" and everything and anything we contemplate can be no more than a facet of what there is to think about. Getting to the bottom of "existence" is therefore the impossible destination, but the route passes through many interesting places and so it is a worthwhile journey.

Ask the question of others then...but expect no definitive answer. Ask the question of yourself and enjoy the trip!

Edit: Ah well...if I told you that I and a very small band of others like myself have (over time) realized what it is that makes "existence" possible, that I know the "one thing" that all things are sourced from...and that it is my "job" to tell all very soon...who would believe me? And without stating that, how can I also state that the answer IS knowable? Watch the "thumbs down" pile up!!

Man have forgotten that asking that question IS "the quest", they prefer to leave the answer in the domain of God only, and therefore consider the answer heretical.

I will say only...that when you know the "ion" via the "quest," you will have the "question" that the ancient mystic would bid you ask of yourself. Read the oldest book "the divine Pymander" (or Poemander, Pimander) where you will find the ancient quote "As above so below." This is the starting point. Amon

Answer 3

Here I sit, I sit here. That is existence enough and in itself irrefutable. Ayn Rand is nobody, a populist charade. If I sit on a tack my senses will tell me the tack and my backside exist beyond possibility. Existence is torn out of the void, it is because nothingness is unthinkable. I am sentient and have never known what it is to be otherwise, that rather than existence would be speculative.

[edit: I am my soul, I don't have a soul. Soul and body are coterminous. There is no ghost in the machine. My body is not just a tool. My senses are not illusory. Existence IS period exclamation point. The how is immaterial to the res positiva of existence. Both Aristotle's prior and posterior analytic are adequate explanations of existence, and Descartes transcendental meditations sufficient proof.]

Answer 4

Our senses are how we interact with the material world. Our bodies are but a vessel for our mind and soul which are our true selves. asking our senses to answer the question of existence is as asking an writing utensil how to write a book. To find the meaning of existence we must not look out, but in, ourselves. Most people have come across this logic quite a few times in their lives, but were not ready, did not understand, or labeled the idea as radical. For those whom choose to investigate it fully, however, will find enlightenment and the answers in which the universe is founded upon.

Answer 5

It's much easier to prove Santa Claus exists. After he fills all the stockings, he exits via the chimney. It's easy to prove, by a simple typo, that one who exits must exist. If the chimney doesn't exist, that's an additional proof that Santa exists. Because, if he didn't exist, why would it matter whether the chimney did?

Existence is a word. Look it up in the dictionary. If it's not there, it's reasonable to doubt its existence. If it is there, but still doesn't exist, you need to read the definitions carefully, to figure out what happened to your brain.

Answer 6

What do you mean, "how"? Existence could not NOT exist. It is called the law of Identity. A thing is what it is, can be nothing else.

Answer 7

Even nothing exist,this is shown by our senses,in that every thing is either positive.or negative.