Davidius
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
Can we use the laws of Excluded Middle and Contradiction to prove that there must have always been something?
The Law of Excluded Middle: A or ~A.
If "non-existence," or just "nothing," exists, then it breaks the Law of Contradiction. Therefore, "non-existence" must not exist and there must have always been something.
Would this logically prove either A) the eternal existence of God or B) the eternal existence of the physical universe? If my reasoning is correct, in what direction must I go to exclude B as a possibility?
The Law of Excluded Middle: A or ~A.
If "non-existence," or just "nothing," exists, then it breaks the Law of Contradiction. Therefore, "non-existence" must not exist and there must have always been something.
Would this logically prove either A) the eternal existence of God or B) the eternal existence of the physical universe? If my reasoning is correct, in what direction must I go to exclude B as a possibility?