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

3063	Motion can't move where it is, and can't move where it isn't, so it can't exist [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

18223

In theories of fields, space-time points or regions are causal agents [Field,H]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

18220

Both philosophy and physics now make substantivalism more attractive [Field,H]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space

18219

Relational space is problematic if you take the idea of a field seriously [Field,H]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

6938	Natural selection might well fill an animal's mind with pleasing thoughts rather than true ones [Peirce]