Single Idea 7547

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter]

Full Idea

A true theory of matter requires a division of things into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles.

Clarification

A 'corpuscle' is a tiny unit

Gist of Idea

Matter requires a division into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles

Source

Bertrand Russell (The Ultimate Constituents of Matter [1915], p.125)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Mysticism and Logic' [Unwin 1989], p.125


A Reaction

The division of matter in space seems decidable by physicists, but the division in time seems a bit arbitrary (unless it is quanta of time?). Russell focuses on observable qualities, but are there also intrinsic qualities?