Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Melissus and Einstein,A/Infeld,L

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

12270

Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

12887

A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]

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

3059	There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Melissus, by Diog. Laertius]

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]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void

5100	The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle on Melissus]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe

456	Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus]