General Science and Philosophy

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[2] viXra:2610.0025 [pdf] submitted on 2026-10-08 23:48:12

The Resolution of Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing

Authors: Mauro Alfonso Montenegro
Comments: 23 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please submit article written with AI assistance to ai.viXra.org)

Why is there something rather than nothing? This paper argues that the question is often framed by a false symmetry. Absolute nothingness is not a state, cause, possibility space, probability distribution, or background; it contains no laws, powers, relations, time, or potentiality. By contrast, deprivation, destruction, falsehood, and death are intelligible only relative to positive realities that can be damaged, falsified, or lost. This paper distinguishes an epistemic asymmetry between construction and criticism from an ontological asymmetry between actualityand privation. The proposed resolution is that nothingness cannot stand as an ontological rival to being or generate being. The live question is instead what kind of actuality is non-derivative- brute actuality, necessary actuality, or an endless structure of dependence. Classical Christian metaphysics offers one coherentcompletion by identifying the non-derivative ground with God and evil with privation, but that identification requires further premises.
Category: General Science and Philosophy

[1] viXra:2610.0002 [pdf] submitted on 2026-10-01 15:19:27

On the Boundary Problem in the Origins of Matter, Life, and Consciousness

Authors: Sergey B. Yurchenko
Comments: 20 Pages.

Science has made great strides in answering many questions, but three major mysteries remain unsolved. Although these mysteries belong to different fields of science — physics, biology, and neuroscience — they all confront with the boundary problem. These are scientific investigations into the origins of matter, life, and consciousness, which extend beyond empirical and rational methods in the search for definitive answers. Here, this problem is presented as the search for the lowest boundaries for three forms of existence: physical, biological, and conscious. They are then translated into the context of Big Bang cosmology, abiogenesis, and the neuroscience of consciousness, each representing an ontological singularity with its own epistemological event horizon.
Category: General Science and Philosophy