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Single Idea 17013
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space
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Full Idea
Absolute space, of its own nature without reference to anything external, always remains homogeneous and immovable.
Gist of Idea
Absolute space is independent, homogeneous and immovable
Source
Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Def 8 Schol)
Book Ref
Newton,Isaac: 'Philosophical Writings' [CUP 2004], p.64
A Reaction
This would have to be a stipulation, rather than an assertion of fact, since whether space is 'immovable' is either incoherent or unknowable.
Related Idea
Idea 17012
Time exists independently, and flows uniformly [Newton]
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[space that exists in its own right]:
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5097
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If everything has a place, this causes an infinite regress, because each place must have place
[Aristotle]
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5099
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The universe as a whole is not anywhere
[Aristotle]
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14031
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Space must exist, since movement is obvious, and there must be somewhere to move in
[Epicurus]
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17013
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Absolute space is independent, homogeneous and immovable
[Newton]
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2103
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The idea that the universe could be moved forward with no other change is just a fantasy
[Leibniz]
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17543
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So-called 'empty' space is the carrier of geometry and kinematics
[Heisenberg]
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15981
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Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations
[Alexander,P]
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8592
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Empty space is measurable in ways in which empty time necessarily is not
[Bennett, by Shoemaker]
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18220
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Both philosophy and physics now make substantivalism more attractive
[Field,H]
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3904
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Measuring space requires no movement while I do it
[Scruton]
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19035
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General Relativity allows substantivalism about space-time - that it has independent properties
[Hoefer]
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22923
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Absolute space explains actual and potential positions, and geometrical truths
[Le Poidevin]
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14991
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Space has real betweenness and congruence structure (though it is not the Euclidean concepts)
[Sider]
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20659
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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing
[Wolfram]
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21160
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The Higgs field means even low energy space is not empty
[New Sci.]
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20458
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The world is just particles plus fields; space is the gravitational field
[Rovelli]
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