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Nothin' But The Truth
Nothing is the concept of the absence of anything. Nothing or The Nothing may also refer to: *0 (number), Zero, the mathematical concept of the quantity of things in "nothing" *Empty set, The empty set, the mathematical concept of the collection of things represented by "nothing" *''nothing'', an English indefinite pronoun *Null, a value that a variable of nullable type in a computer program can take * Vacuum * Quantum fluctuation, Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations Books * Nothing (novel), ''Nothing'' (novel), a 2000 novel by Janne Teller * ''Nothing: Something to Believe In'', a 2007 book by Nica Lalli * ''Nothing'', a 1950 novel by Henry Green * ''Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia'', a 2011 memoir by Blake Butler (author), Blake Butler * Nothing, a fictional substance in the ''The Keys to the Kingdom, Keys to the Kingdom'' series by Garth Nix * The Nothing, a destructive force in the novel ''The Neverending Story'' and some adaptations Music * Nothing (opera), ''Nothing'' (opera) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing
Nothing, the complete absence of anything, has been a matter of philosophical debate since at least the 5th century BC. Early Greek philosophers argued that it was impossible for ''nothing'' to exist. The atomists allowed ''nothing'' but only in the spaces between the invisibly small atoms. For them, all space was filled with atoms. Aristotle took the view that there exists matter and there exists space, a receptacle into which matter objects can be placed. This became the paradigm for classical scientists of the modern age like Newton. Nevertheless, some philosophers, like Descartes, continued to argue against the existence of empty space until the scientific discovery of a physical vacuum. Existentialists like Sartre and Heidegger (as interpreted by Sartre) have associated ''nothing'' with consciousness. Some writers have made connections between Heidegger's concept of ''nothing'' and the nirvana of Eastern religions. Modern science does not equate ''vacuum'' with ''no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |