Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and Einstein,A/Infeld,L

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4 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

16587

Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

10379

Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

18202

The concept of a field gradually replaced the substances in explaining relations between charges [Einstein/Infeld]