Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Thomas Hobbes and Isaac Newton
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
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Prime matter is body considered with mere size and extension, and potential [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances
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Newton's four fundamentals are: space, time, matter and force [Newton, by Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter
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Mass is central to matter [Newton, by Hart,WD]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles
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An attraction of a body is the sum of the forces of their particles [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Acting on a body is either creating or destroying a property in it [Hobbes]
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Newtonian causation is changes of motion resulting from collisions [Newton, by Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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An effect needs a sufficient and necessary cause [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Causation is only observation of similar events following each other, with nothing visible in between [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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A cause is the complete sum of the features which necessitate the effect [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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The principles of my treatise are designed to fit with a belief in God [Newton]
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Principles of things are not hidden features of forms, but the laws by which they were formed [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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I do not pretend to know the cause of gravity [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical
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You have discovered that elliptical orbits result just from gravitation and planetary movement [Newton, by Leibniz]
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We have given up substantial forms, and now aim for mathematical laws [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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I am not saying gravity is essential to bodies [Newton]
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I won't object if someone shows that gravity consistently arises from the action of matter [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
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The motions of the planets could only derive from an intelligent agent [Newton]
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That gravity should be innate and essential to matter is absurd [Newton]
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