Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Johanna Seibt and Isaac Beeckman

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

18085

Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

18084

When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy]

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

19480

Process philosophy places the dynamic nature of being at the centre of our theories [Seibt]

19479

Reductionists identify processes by their 'owner', but tornadoes etc. are processes without owners [Seibt]

19481

Traditionally small things add up to processes, but quantum mechanics reverses this [Seibt]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

16707

Cold and hot are the swiftness and slowness of corpuscular motion [Beeckman]