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'Metaphysics', 'Principia Mathematica' and 'Letter to Clerk Maxwell'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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Why are some things destructible and others not? [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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626
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Everything is arranged around a single purpose [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
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Pythagoreans say the whole universe is made of numbers [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Aristotle had a hierarchical conception of matter [Aristotle, by Fine,K]
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Substance must exist, because something must endure during change between opposites [Aristotle]
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Matter is perceptible (like bronze) or intelligible (like mathematical objects) [Aristotle]
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Matter is neither a particular thing nor a member of a determinate category [Aristotle]
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Aristotle says matter is a lesser substance, rather than wholly denying that it is a substance [Aristotle, by Kung]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
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Ultimate matter is discredited, as Aristotle merged substratum of change with bearer of properties [Simons on Aristotle]
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Aristotle may only have believed in prime matter because his elements were immutable [Aristotle, by Alexander,P]
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The traditional view of Aristotle is God (actual form) at top and prime matter (potential matter) at bottom [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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Primary matter is what characterises other stuffs, and it has no distinct identity [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances
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Newton's four fundamentals are: space, time, matter and force [Newton, by Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
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It doesn't explain the world to say it was originally all one. How did it acquire diversity? [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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I claim that Aristotle's foundation is the four elements, and not wholly potential prime matter [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter
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Mass is central to matter [Newton, by Hart,WD]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles
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An attraction of a body is the sum of the forces of their particles [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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Unusual kinds like mule are just a combination of two kinds [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Newtonian causation is changes of motion resulting from collisions [Newton, by Baron/Miller]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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561
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Is there cause outside matter, and can it be separated, and is it one or many? [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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588
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We exercise to be fit, but need fitness to exercise [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
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634
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Pure Forms and numbers can't cause anything, and especially not movement [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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When a power and its object meet in the right conditions, an action necessarily follows [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical
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You have discovered that elliptical orbits result just from gravitation and planetary movement [Newton, by Leibniz]
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We have given up substantial forms, and now aim for mathematical laws [Newton]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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I am not saying gravity is essential to bodies [Newton]
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