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EX NIHILO
OURELATOS argues persuasivelyfor at least two distinct sources for ex nihilo nihil (ENN) in pre-Socratic
philosophy:
to what-is-not;
(1) Parmenides'injunctionagainstmakingreference
and
in thePrincipleof
latercrystallized
(2) The demandforintelligibility,
Reason(PSR).
Sufficient
Inc.
? 1981The Journalof Philosophy,
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ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
Trent University
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