Why Is There Nothing Rather Than Something?
This essay in the comparative metaphysic of nothingness begins by pondering why Leibniz thought of the converse question as the preeminent one. In Eastern philosophical thought, like the numeral 'zero' (śūnya) that Indian mathematicians first discovered, nothingness as non-being looms larg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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| In: |
Sophia
Year: 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 509-530 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mīmāṃsā
B Nothingness B Heidegger B Sylvan B Leibniz B Noneism B Matilal B Jains B Non-being B Buddhist B Nyāya B Nāgārjuna |
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