Yaro writes:
Does Phisical reality necisarly negate a metaphysical/spirtual world?
No, it can't. Physicalism would deny it, but as I understand things, it cannot falsify metaphysical positions.
Yaro writes:
Can it not be a manifestation of such?
In certain terms, that is precisely what I believe to be the case.
Yaro writes:
The one question that allways comes to mind is simply, what is the universe floating in?
This question is a bit misled, IMHO. Frequently the universe is identified with "all and only that which is physical". This is a physicalist position, and IMHO it is unnecessarily limiting, although in certain circumstances it can be pragmatic. The universe is better conceived as simply "all that exists," a definition that places no ontological limits on our conceptualizations. Looking at it this way, it is a contradiction to assert that something exists which is not within the universe -- or "something exists which is not included in all that exists."
Yaro writes:
What was before the big bang?
Well, its not certain that "before" is a valid referrant relative to the Big Bang, although the newest cosmological models (Hawking's Ekpyrotic Universe, Tegmark's Many Worlds) are speculating about what may have produced the Big Bang.
Blessings,
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