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Ideas for Pherecydes, Sphaerus and Peter van Inwagen

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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 3. Chromodynamics / a. Chromodynamics
17563 The strong force pulls, but also pushes apart if nucleons get too close together [Inwagen]
27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
17559 Is one atom a piece of gold, or is a sizable group of atoms required? [Inwagen]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
17580 One's mental and other life is centred on the brain, unlike any other part of the body [Inwagen]
17576 If God were to 'reassemble' my atoms of ten years ago, the result would certainly not be me [Inwagen]
17585 Life is vague at both ends, but could it be totally vague? [Inwagen]
17586 At the lower level, life trails off into mere molecular interaction [Inwagen]
17581 Being part of an organism's life is a matter of degree, and vague [Inwagen]
17567 A flame is like a life, but not nearly so well individuated [Inwagen]
17568 A tumour may spread a sort of life, but it is not a life, or an organism [Inwagen]
17569 Unlike waves, lives are 'jealous'; it is almost impossible for them to overlap [Inwagen]
17570 The chemical reactions in a human life involve about sixteen elements [Inwagen]
17584 Some events are only borderline cases of lives [Inwagen]