Questions tagged [existence]
Ontological and metaphysical questions about the study of existence, being and the structure of reality.
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Could reality exist without logic? Could reality be illogical?
My question is that theoretically could a reality exist in such a way that it is illogical. By that I mean not following "logicism" or a consistent set of rules. Could a reality ...
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What are the minimal ontological conditions that make existence possible, prior to any knowledge, experience, or interpretation?
Much of modern philosophy begins with conditions of knowledge, experience, language, or subjectivity. This question deliberately steps back from epistemology and asks something more basic:
Before any ...
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Can a physical law exist in a universe where it is not acting?
Imagine a universe composed of Minkowski spacetime. That means that spacetime is flat omnipresently. However, since a flat spacetime means that gravity is not acting as there is no measurable mass, ...
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Are the Bhagavad Gita’s ideas on non-attached action discussed in contemporary academic philosophy?
The Bhagavad Gita presents arguments relevant to debates on non-duality, epistemic limitation, and action. It emphasizes that human perception is limited (since everything we do is limited by our 5 ...
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What is a question? Why do we ask questions? [duplicate]
As human beings, we constantly wonder and are curious to know more. But, why do we ask questions? Is there some sort of evolutionary past that can explain that? I just have a high metacognition that ...
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What am I or who minds my I? [duplicate]
Am I my brain, or body, or else?
Am I my self, my feelings, or my sense?
Or in my brain my self is making
Living illusion of I when looking?
Is the illusion inside someones mind?
Who minds my I in ...
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What am I? Who am I? [duplicate]
Am I my brain?
It sure feels like it, that I "am" somewhere in my head.
But isn't my brain made up of like trillions of atoms? How can I "be" multiple things at once? Especially ...
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What holds bodies in place if spacetime is just a description of relations between physical systems?
If spacetime isn't a real entity but rather an emergent description of relations between physical systems, I'm struggling with a very basic question: what keeps bodies "suspended" at their ...
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Do arguments against God's existence and attributes work? [closed]
Do the arguments offered by atheists about God or His existence and attributes actually work or is it just recycling of debunked statements that just end up going in circles? Consider both the ...
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Can something that is not imaginable exist?
It is often said that certain things that are not imaginable may still exist, such as higher than 3 spatial dimensions. But even in theories that propose higher than 3 dimensions, we can only try to ...
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Does math admit (care about) the existence of an entity?
Philosophers always concern about the existence of entities. For example, they discuss the propositions like "The bird exists." or "Unicorn does not exist". But in math, ...
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Would an ontological pluralist view existence as a relation between an object and its mode?
Would an ontological pluralist view existence as a relation or two-place predicate between an object and its mode? To give an example of what I mean consider the following sentence: Pegasus exists in ...
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Michael Huemer's paper argues reincarnation is real: Is there any flaw in his reasoning?
I recently read Michael Huemer's paper "Existence Is Proof of Immortality" where he argues, from a fully secular and logical perspective, that reincarnation is not only plausible but real. I ...
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Given an infinite future, will we all be reincarnated? [closed]
This is a very speculative question, so bear with me.
Suppose that after the heat death of the universe, time continues for eternity. Occasionally, quantum fluctuations and spontaneous entropy ...
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What is my purpose, Why am I here and what is it that I am meant to do? [closed]
I have only been on this planet for a few years, but I wonder why I am here. What is the point of me existing, what does myself mean, what is my purpose?
Either I have a purpose or I don't have a ...
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