Discuss Melvin Whitcombe's answer to: How to use the

All right, how do we use the . . ..

There is nothing following that.

That creates a valid argument.  Let us explore it logically.

Mathematically, we use "0" as a place holder.  That gave us mathematics in its present form.

Philosophically, we use that as a "moot" which means, "meaningless."  That is the end of a logical argument after all issues have been resolved (don't believe it).

Physicists note that "nothing" is space, and now, they have found that space is something!  Springerlink says they have over 7,500 articles just on "nothing."

So, before we default to the "Why?" and "Because" divebomb, let us ask a more pertinent question that Archimedes asked 2,500 years ago -- and no one has yet answered satisfactorily!

"We have the 'known' and the 'unknown.'  The 'known' is extremely limited, but what we do not know is the cause for all learning that shall follow us for the next ten thousand years."  Archimedes.

That 'unknown' is all of logical inquiry.  Let us proceed to know the unknown, a little at a time.