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'The Fixation of Belief', 'reports' and 'Science without Numbers'
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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Motion can't move where it is, and can't move where it isn't, so it can't exist [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields
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In theories of fields, space-time points or regions are causal agents [Field,H]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space
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Both philosophy and physics now make substantivalism more attractive [Field,H]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space
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Relational space is problematic if you take the idea of a field seriously [Field,H]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
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Natural selection might well fill an animal's mind with pleasing thoughts rather than true ones [Peirce]
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