Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hastings Rashdall, Parmenides and Peter Watson
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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It is feeble-minded to look for explanations of everything being at rest [Aristotle on Parmenides]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / a. Electrodynamics
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The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves [Watson]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / c. Electrons
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Electrons rotate in hyrogen atoms 10^13 times per second [Watson]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
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Quantum theory explains why nature is made up of units, such as elements [Watson]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter
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Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino [Watson]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void
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The void can't exist, and without the void there can't be movement or separation [Parmenides, by Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time
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What could have triggered the beginning [of time and being]? [Parmenides]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
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He was the first person to say the earth is spherical [Parmenides, by Diog. Laertius]
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He was the first to discover the identity of the Morning and Evening Stars [Parmenides, by Diog. Laertius]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds [Watson]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
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In 1828 the animal substance urea was manufactured from inorganic ingredients [Watson]
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Information is physical, and living can be seen as replicating and preserving information [Watson]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
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DNA mutation suggests humans and chimpanzees diverged 6.6 million years ago [Watson]
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