An attempt to define nothingness and a philosophical analysis of the ultimate why question why is there something rather than nothing turkay kemal m s department of philosophy supervisor assoc prof dr erdinc sayan september 2012 52 pages the main objective of this study is to make a comprehensive analysis of the question. Why is there something rather than nothing thats the big question were asking in this weeks show its an odd question that could be thought of as either supremely profound or supremely silly its hard to know what an answer might even look like to get us started thinking about it lets distinguish between reasons and causes when we ask why something is the case depending . An attempt to define nothingness and a philosophical analysis of the ultimate why question date 2012 author turkay kemal metadata show full item record abstract the main objective of this study is to make a comprehensive analysis of the question why is there something rather than nothing which is one of the major questions of metaphysics and to find a plausible answer at the . This paper offers a philosophical analysis of quantum theories of nothingness such theories proposed by physicists like hawking tryon and vilenkin aim to give a scientific answer to leibniz39 question quotwhy is there something rather. This is the reason for his initial question why is there something rather than nothing unlike god who has always existed in and of himself there is no reason to assume that the universe had to exist and therefore its existence is contingent on being caused to exist as such it requires an explanation