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Full Idea
The magnetic and the gravitation field can occupy all the same places without merging.
Gist of Idea
Magnetic and gravity fields can occupy the same place without merging
Source
Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 9.IV)
Book Ref
Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.180
A Reaction
We can divide stuff into two classes, then, according to whether they usually merge if coextensive in space. Oil and water can be mixed, but eventually separate again.
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15857 | Any mixture which lacks measure and proportion doesn't even count as a mixture at all [Plato] |
15320 | Magnetic and gravity fields can occupy the same place without merging [Harré/Madden] |
12858 | Mixtures disappear if nearly all of the mixture is one ingredient [Simons] |
12859 | A mixture can have different qualities from its ingredients. [Simons] |
12818 | We shouldn't think some water retains its identity when it is mixed with air [Laycock] |
16727 | In mixtures, the four elements ceased to exist, replaced by a mixed body with a form [Pasnau] |