Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Timon and Nicholas Rescher

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5 ideas

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

22626

Process philosophy insists that processes are not inferior in being to substances [Rescher]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

10650

In the military, persons are parts of parts of large units, but not parts of those large units [Rescher]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism

2975	That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so [Timon]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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We only see points in motion, and thereby infer movement [Rescher]