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What does an airless hole need to really exist?

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 2:32 am
by Philosophy Explorer
It seems that a hole must start out "holeless" before it can exist.

For example a hole in the ground must have been filled in at some point (probably with dirt) before it can start to exist. And any other hole must have had something inside of it before it can start existing. Would this be an infinite regress I wonder? Does this sound logical to you?

PhilX

Re: What does an airless hole need to really exist?

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:10 am
by Lev Muishkin
Philosophy Explorer wrote:It seems that a hole must start out "holeless" before it can exist.

For example a hole in the ground must have been filled in at some point (probably with dirt) before it can start to exist. And any other hole must have had something inside of it before it can start existing. Would this be an infinite regress I wonder? Does this sound logical to you?

PhilX
The artistic idea of negative space might be of interest to you.