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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Presupposition and Conversational Implicature' and 'A Powerful Particulars View of Causation'

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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion

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In modern physics the first and second laws of motion (unlike the third) fail at extremes [Ingthorsson]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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If particles have decay rates, they can't really be elementary, in the sense of indivisible [Ingthorsson]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism

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It is difficult to handle presentism in first-order logic [Ingthorsson]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time

617	It is hard to see how either time or movement could come into existence or be destroyed [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning

620	The first mover is necessary, and because it is necessary it is good [Aristotle]

613	Even if the world is caused by fate, mind and nature are still prior causes [Aristotle]

619	Something which both moves and is moved is intermediate, so it follows that there must be an unmoved mover [Aristotle]