Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Reiss,J/Spreger,J, Michael Dummett and Willard Quine
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
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Why should the limit of measurement be points, not intervals? [Dummett]
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The concept of a 'point' makes no sense without the idea of absolute position [Quine]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure
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Time is the measure of change, so we can't speak of time before all change [Dummett]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism
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Maybe past (which affects us) and future (which we can affect) are both real [Dummett]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
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If Presentism is correct, we cannot even say that the present changes [Dummett]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / f. Tenseless (B) series
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Quine holds time to be 'space-like': past objects are as real as spatially remote ones [Quine, by Sider]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / k. Temporal truths
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The present cannot exist alone as a mere boundary; past and future truths are rendered meaningless [Dummett]
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