I Exist

Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research 6 (3):185-193 (2015)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Why is there something rather than nothing? This is probably the most profound question that can be asked. In this paper, a rather unexpected simple solution is provided. The solution comes from analysing the truth value of the proposition “I exist.” It will be shown that this proposition is always true, so our existence is a logical necessity. Speculations about the implications over the universe as a whole are then provided.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Links

PhilArchive

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Supposition, Reference and Nonexistence--The Supposition Problem and Its Solutions.Xu Min - manuscript
The Eternal Existence of True Propositions.Mark Steven Roberts - 1987 - Dissertation, University of Dallas
Nietzsche, Truth, and the Horror of Existence.Philip J. Kain - 2006 - History of Philosophy Quarterly 23 (1):41 - 58.
Reference to the Non-Existent.A. M. Honoré - 1971 - Philosophy 46 (178):302 - 308.
Existential Commitment In Logic.Marek Łagosz - 2008 - Studia Philosophica Wratislaviensia 3 (1):79-104.
Reference to the non-existent.John Deely - 1975 - The Thomist 39 (2):253-308.
A Fregran conception of singular existence.Charles Sayward - 2014 - Logic and Logical Philosophy 24 (1):3-18.
Searching for the high-I.Jim Hanson - 2005 - Asian Philosophy 15 (3):247 – 264.
Imagination, Truth and Rationality.A. B. Palma - 1983 - Philosophy 58 (223):29 - 38.
Alethic Pluralism and the Role of Reference in the Metaphysics of Truth.Brian Ball - 2017 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 55 (1):116-135.
Propositions, Sets, and Worlds.Dale Jacquette - 2006 - Studia Logica 82 (3):337-343.
Reply to Danto.Alan Gewirth - 1984 - Social Philosophy and Policy 1 (2):31.
Collins on cannons and cosmology.Paul Draper & Quentin Smith - 2008
Strong And Weak Possibility.Jason Turner - 2005 - Philosophical Studies 125 (2):191-217.
Inertial frames, special relativity and consistency.Radhakrishnan Srinivasan - unknown

Analytics

Added to PP
2018-02-10

Downloads
325 (#62,432)

6 months
61 (#76,791)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references