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16962 | Whitehead replaced points with extended regions [Whitehead, by Quine] |
Full Idea: Whitehead tried to avoid points, and make do with extended regions and sets of regions. | |
From: report of Alfred North Whitehead (Process and Reality [1929]) by Willard Quine - Existence and Quantification p.93 |
17708 | Maybe space has points, but processes always need regions with a size [Mares] |
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. | |
From: Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 06.7) | |
A reaction: Thinkers in sympathy with verificationism presumably won't like this, and may prefer Feynman's view. |