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

4224	If motion is change of distance between objects, it involves no intrinsic change in the objects [Lowe]
	Full Idea: If motion just is change of distance between two objects, it does not involve any kind of intrinsic change in the objects in question.
	From: E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.242)
	A reaction: It sound respectably relativistic, but I doubt the definition. x is moving relative to y, then y attains x's velocity, so x ceases to move? Maybe.