Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Weisberg/Needham/Hendry, Plato and Andr Gallois
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17 ideas
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / a. Experience of time
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Heavenly movements gave us the idea of time, and caused us to inquire about the heavens [Plato]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time
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Almost everyone except Plato thinks that time could not have been generated [Plato, by Aristotle]
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312
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Time came into existence with the heavens, so that there will be a time when they can be dissolved [Plato]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
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369
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If the Earth is spherical and in the centre, it is kept in place by universal symmetry, not by force [Plato]
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309
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Clearly the world is good, so its maker must have been concerned with the eternal, not with change [Plato]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning
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273
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Movement is transmitted through everything, and it must have started with self-generated motion [Plato]
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148
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If the prime origin is destroyed, it will not come into being again out of anything [Plato]
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308
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If the cosmos is an object of perception then it must be continually changing [Plato]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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17470
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Water molecules dissociate, and form large polymers, explaining its properties [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17473
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It is unlikely that chemistry will ever be reduced to physics [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17474
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Quantum theory won't tell us which structure a set of atoms will form [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17475
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For temperature to be mean kinetic energy, a state of equilibrium is also required [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17468
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Over 100,000,000 compounds have been discovered or synthesised [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17469
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'H2O' just gives the element proportions, not the microstructure [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
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17467
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Isotopes (such as those of hydrogen) can vary in their rates of chemical reaction [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table
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17466
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Mendeleev systematised the elements, and also gave an account of their nature [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species
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The natural offspring of a lion is called a 'lion' (but what about the offspring of a king?) [Plato]
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