something we can all agree on?

[Quintessence]

An illusion is something, no?

Empty space isn't nothing. There's space and time and a whole swarm of quantum stuff there.

What is nothing? Do humans even agree on what nothing is?

 

[RestlessSoul]

What is nothing? Do humans even agree on what nothing is?

Nothing implies the complete absence of anything. But the absence of anything, presupposes the existence of that thing in some other context. Therefore without something, at least conceptually, there can be no nothing.

 

[paarsurrey]

There appear to be lots of somethings.

And even then it could amount to "nothing", right?

Regards

 

[SalixIncendium]

And even then it could amount to "nothing", right?

Regards

Yes.

 

[Soandso]

What is nothing? Do humans even agree on what nothing is?

To imagine nothing is as easy as imagining infinity. In theory, the concept is simple. In reality? Eh... It's not that simple

 

[paarsurrey]

something we can all agree on?​

SalixIncendium said:
There appear to be lots of somethings.

And even then it could amount to "nothing", right?

Yes.

while both "something" and what they say "nothing" are the creation of G-d, please, right?

Regards

 

[SalixIncendium]

while both "something" and what they say "nothing" are the creation of G-d, please, right?

Well, that would depend on what you are calling "G-d," wouldn't it?

 

[Dao Hao Now]

Can we all agree that there is something rather than nothing?

 

[Dao Hao Now]

Nope.

Philosophy is more complicated than that.

Some ontological perspectives suggest that all is an illusion.

Science teaches that the vast majority of what we perceive is actually empty space (aka, "nothing")

While some philosophies posit a unified "something" others are pluralistic "somethings" or dualistic "something A and something B."

Agreement is neither necessary nor desirable, IMHO.

Is not an illusion in fact something?