Definitions
- Something = The existence of at least one thing.
- Nothing = The state of absolute nothingness.
- Infinite = The property of being ontologically unbounded; without existential boundary.
The Argument
Premise 1: Something exists.
Premise 2: Nothing, being the state of absolute nothingness, has no properties, capacities, or potential.
Premise 3: That which has no properties, capacities, or potential cannot actualize or produce anything.
Conclusion 1: Therefore, Nothing cannot produce Something.
Premise 4: If Nothing cannot produce Something, and Something exists, then Nothing has never obtained.
Conclusion 2: Therefore, Nothing has never obtained.
Premise 5: If Nothing has never obtained, then there is no existential boundary at which Something gives way to Nothing.
Conclusion 3: Therefore, Something is ontologically Infinite.
The Worldview
From these conclusions, I presently adopt the metaphysical position of Ontological Infinitism:
Ontological Infinitism: The metaphysical position that Something, understood as the existence of at least one thing, is ontologically unbounded. Nothing, understood as the state of absolute nothingness, has never obtained and cannot obtain; therefore existence has no existential boundary.
My Current Cosmological Interpretation
My current interpretation of Ontological Infinitism is that spacetime itself is ontologically unbounded. I regard this as the simplest model consistent with the argument above, while remaining open to revision should future evidence demonstrate a more fundamental form of Something.
- Ontology: Something is ontologically unbounded.
- Metaphysics: This is Ontological Infinitism.
- Cosmology: My present interpretation is that spacetime shares this unboundedness.
- Physics: Scientific models describe the behavior and structure of that reality.
Changes in cosmology or physics would not automatically undermine the ontological argument itself, because the argument is about the impossibility of Nothing, not about any particular physical model of the universe.