Ideas of Nicholas Rescher, by Theme

[American, b.1928, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.]

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

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Process philosophy insists that processes are not inferior in being to substances

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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In the military, persons are parts of parts of large units, but not parts of those large units

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

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We only see points in motion, and thereby infer movement