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Single Idea 17708

[from 'A Priori' by Edwin D. Mares, in 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space ]

Full Idea

One theory is that space is made up of dimensionless points, but physical processes cannot take place in regions of less than a certain size.

Gist of Idea

Maybe space has points, but processes always need regions with a size

Source

Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 06.7)

Book Reference

Mares,Edwin: 'A Priori' [Acumen 2011], p.97


A Reaction

Thinkers in sympathy with verificationism presumably won't like this, and may prefer Feynman's view.

Related Idea

Idea 17707 We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]