Abstract
The article is devoted to Nothingness as a philosophical category. Various thinkers in different times understood it in their own specific way. In the modern age the category became incredibly important and was substantially reconsidered. The question is, can Nothingness have any (imaginary or real) temporal features? The main point of the authors is that exactly in modern European metaphysics ‘yes' appeared as an answer to the above query. Nothing got a dynamic nature; it became a base for the Being, namely, the changeable and consequently temporal base. After such notions had shown up, some philosophers and physics responded by trying to find relevant ‘proofs' and deny Nothing's existence in the Universe and even Nothingness as a mental construct.
Highlights
What is 'Time' and how to interpret it? Such questions have been bothering human minds through the entire history of human race
Ancient Greeks, medieval scholars, modern European scientists tried to unravel the mystery of Time
Nothingness had no ontological status but it was only understood as a mental construct
Summary
What is 'Time' and how to interpret it? Such questions have been bothering human minds through the entire history of human race. What is 'Time' and how to interpret it? Ancient Greeks, medieval scholars, modern European scientists tried to unravel the mystery of Time. Even today the basic characteristics of Time are still under discussion. By answering the question 'what Time is' the thinkers inevitably turned to the question 'what Time is not'. Different answers about the nature of Time's otherness sounded like: 'Eternity', 'Moment', 'Space'. The main goal of the article is to present the concept of Nothingness with reference to Time as found in the philosophical manuscripts and essays. How did the thinkers of three previous centuries reply to the question ‘Can we consider Nothingness as Time’s otherness or does it persist in Time just as the entity does?’
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