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daniel j lavender

['Member']Joined: January 20, 2019 at 21:47Last active: August 17, 2025 at 16:212 discussions44 comments

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You ignored the first point: This is a fundamental principle. Something and nothing cannot coexist. If there is something there is not nothing. So how...
April 02, 2023 at 13:27
Not entirely. I’m discussing space, something with qualities, with properties. You’re discussing nonexistence, no properties, no qualities. It isn’t j...
December 25, 2022 at 15:01
Then to what are you referring? Nothing? That doesn't make sense. Reference to a thing is acknowledgement of that thing. In this case a conceptual thi...
April 17, 2022 at 17:35
Non-thinking is a quality or attribute, a state similar to nonconsciousness. It is attributed to some thing. Shoelaces are considered to be non-thinki...
April 13, 2022 at 15:56
Nothingness (nothing, nonexistence) and space, along with their differences, are clearly defined in the original essay. Space has properties, volume a...
April 11, 2022 at 10:23
Correct. All things exist. All things are. All things are existence. "Are existence" is admittedly a bit redundant; however, "are" does denote "existe...
April 11, 2022 at 01:33
Existence is unlimited in extent generally speaking. In a sense parts can limit other parts but as expressed they also give variance to existence, the...
April 11, 2022 at 01:12
First let's establish what a pocket is. A "pocket" is, in common parlance, usually considered to be a compartment or area designed for, designated for...
April 10, 2022 at 14:04
Things have quantity, extent and duration as conceded. Existence, as defined, is all things. Existence is all quantities, all extents and all duration...
April 10, 2022 at 13:42
As stated, the idea is not that existence is completely physical. Each time someone applies for or receives a grant they are doing so to study an aspe...
April 10, 2022 at 13:33
Refer to the fourth note in the Additional Notes section, the last few sentences and also the Unlimited In Extent section beneath Additional Notes.
April 10, 2022 at 13:25
Existence (n.): Being; that which is perceived, at least in part; that which is interacted with, at least in part, in some way. In context of this ess...
March 30, 2021 at 10:30
I wouldn't say their ideas apply to existence as much as their ideas are part of existence. While these ideas certainly provide insight they also serv...
March 30, 2021 at 10:17
That's the issue. Does it need to be known? Do we need to know? Isn't that about us? Isn't that our issue as conscious entities? Existence just is. Th...
March 30, 2021 at 09:26
Correct, existence is not a thing. Existence is all things.
March 30, 2021 at 09:06
"I think therefore I am" is a statement made by a conscious, thinking entity. Naturally, obviously, the statement is self-referential. The reference, ...
March 30, 2021 at 04:38
Venture beyond the abstract and you may find out. The idea is not that existence is completely physical.
March 30, 2021 at 04:21
It isn't a contradiction. The original essay clearly states "that which can be observed". There are many things, there are many parts of existence tha...
February 11, 2019 at 20:37
I contend existence is not entirely "based on observation". Existence exists, existence is, whether observed or not. In fact, sensory organs, or the a...
February 11, 2019 at 16:36
Actually, the very idea of being able to view existence as infinite, or being able to view existence as finite, subjectively, further alludes to the o...
February 03, 2019 at 12:48
The aforementioned premise also applies to a beginning, or an origin concerning existence. Where did existence begin? How would existence begin? The p...
February 03, 2019 at 12:08
So in a sense, you agree.
February 03, 2019 at 09:01
I am asserting it. Certain things must be discussed, they must be argued, as actual measurement or observation would not be feasible. Tell me, where d...
February 03, 2019 at 08:49
Hence my statement in the original essay: "Existence is infinite, however, our limited perspective creates an illusion of limitation. From this perspe...
February 03, 2019 at 08:41
"Origin" is often viewed as "beginning" or a "source". Of which I contend there was no origin, there was no beginning, there was no source concerning ...
February 03, 2019 at 08:33
Existence is not a being. Existence is being. "Being" does indeed "exist"; "being" is another term for "existing", and "existing" is defined as "exist...
February 03, 2019 at 08:16
You bring up some great points. Matter-energy, or chemical-energy phenomena obviously existed before we were born or before we were conscious in order...
January 22, 2019 at 04:46
Do you mean "everything" as a whole, or "every thing" as individual things? What we perceive as individual things certainly are limited, they are not ...
January 22, 2019 at 04:04
That's exactly the issue here; you are seeking a "why" or a purpose. There is no "why" to existence. Existence just is, as stated in the original essa...
January 22, 2019 at 03:57
So you agree, at least partially. If existence is not infinite, what is limiting it?
January 21, 2019 at 23:51
If you have no doubt about it, if you have no doubt things exist, what precisely is the issue? I have expressed how existent things, how existence, ca...
January 21, 2019 at 23:41
If there was never nothing, if there was never nonexistence, if these were never states as you suggest, then why would existence need a beginning? You...
January 21, 2019 at 23:12
Why not? What if everything is eternity?
January 21, 2019 at 22:47
If there was never nothing, if there was never nonexistence, if these were never states as you suggest, then why would existence need a beginning? You...
January 21, 2019 at 22:16
I assert existence is infinite because I see no evidence of nothing, I see no real evidence of nonexistence. Only nothing, or nonexistence could limit...
January 21, 2019 at 22:03
Feel free to elaborate.
January 21, 2019 at 21:57
I do not claim to know. I am asserting. I am sharing these thoughts and ideas here for argument in attempt to demonstrate their validity. Some things ...
January 21, 2019 at 07:42
I am linking tangible, observable phenomena with existence. We are able to observe and interact with innumerable things and do so on a daily basis. Th...
January 21, 2019 at 07:37
"Existence exists" simply means "existence is". "Nonexistence does not exist" simply means "nonexistence is not". I'm asserting that existence concern...
January 21, 2019 at 05:57
Feel free to elaborate.
January 21, 2019 at 04:34
Nonexistence is not the same as death. Death is the breaking down of a living organism, it is the cessation of vital faculties. Death could be viewed ...
January 21, 2019 at 04:13
Actually the implication is closer to "that which exists can be observed because it exists, and that which does not exist cannot be observed because i...
January 21, 2019 at 04:06
I am simply asserting that existence is infinite in extent and eternal in duration, that there is nothing other than existence, and that we are parts ...
January 21, 2019 at 03:50
Empty space is still part of existence, it is still existent just like the atom and does not serve to limit existence. "96% of the universe is missing...
January 20, 2019 at 23:06
You mean you have no funds in your bank account? You should still have "$0.00", or zeros, or digits in your bank account representing that you have no...
January 20, 2019 at 22:32