Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Immanuel Kant and Gavin Hesketh
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
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Relativity and Quantum theory give very different accounts of forces [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy
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Thermodynamics introduced work and entropy, to understand steam engine efficiency [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / a. Electrodynamics
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Photons are B and W° bosons, linked by the Higgs mechanism [Hesketh]
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Spinning electric charge produces magnetism, so all fermions are magnets [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / c. Electrons
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Electrons are fundamental and are not made of anything; they are properties without size [Hesketh]
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Electrons may have smaller components, bound by a new force [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
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Physics was rewritten to explain stable electron orbits [Hesketh]
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Quantum mechanics is our only theory, and is very precise, and repeatedly confirmed [Hesketh]
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Virtual particles can't be measured, and can ignore the laws of physics [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 3. Chromodynamics / a. Chromodynamics
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Colour charge is positive or negative, and also has red, green or blue direction [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / b. Standard model
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The Standard Model omits gravity, because there are no particles involved [Hesketh]
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Standard Model forces are one- two- and three-dimensional [Hesketh]
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In Supersymmetry the Standard Model simplifies at high energies [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / c. Particle properties
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Quarks and leptons have a weak charge, for the weak force [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / e. Protons
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Quarks rush wildly around in protons, restrained by the gluons [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / f. Neutrinos
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Neutrinos only interact with the weak force, but decays produce them in huge numbers [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 5. Unified Models / c. Supersymmetry
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To combine the forces, they must all be the same strength at some point [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space
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Space must have three dimensions, because only three lines can meet at right angles [Kant]
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We can't learn of space through experience; experience of space needs its representation [Kant]
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Space is an a priori necessary basic intuition, as we cannot imagine its absence [Kant]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space
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'Space' in physics just means location [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time
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If all empirical sensation of bodies is removed, space and time are still left [Kant]
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If space and time exist absolutely, we must assume the existence of two pointless non-entities [Kant]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / c. Idealist time
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One can never imagine appearances without time, so it is given a priori [Kant]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / a. Experience of time
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The three modes of time are persistence, succession and simultaneity [Kant]
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That times cannot be simultaneous is synthetic, so it is known by intuition, not analysis [Kant]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / b. Rate of time
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If time involved succession, we must think of another time in which succession occurs [Kant]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 8. Dark Matter
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The universe is 68% dark energy, 27% dark matter, 5% regular matter [Hesketh]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 9. Fine-Tuned Universe
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If a cosmic theory relies a great deal on fine-tuning basic values, it is probably wrong [Hesketh]
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