Tag: Philosophy
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Re: Ex Nihilo Onus Merdae Fit
In his blog post “Ex Nihilo Onus Merdae Fit” (https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/468), Richard Carrier argues that the (theistic-friendly) principle ex nihilo nihil fit (“from nothing, nothing comes”) is false. He first describes a possible world where there exists a “state of absolute nothingness.” In this state, the only things that exist are things that are considered logically…