Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and Kenelm Digby

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5 ideas

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

16587

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

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

16597

Quantity is the capacity to be divided [Digby]

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

16731

Colours arise from the rarity, density and mixture of matter [Digby]

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]