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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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We perceive motion, and not just successive occupations of different positions [Harré/Madden]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy
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'Energy' is a quasi-substance invented as the bearer of change during interactions [Harré/Madden]
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'Kinetic energy' is used to explain the effects of moving things when they are stopped [Harré/Madden]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space
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Space can't be an individual (in space), but it is present in all places [Harré/Madden]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
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The past and the future subsist, but only the present exists [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / e. Present moment
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The present does not exist, so our immediate experience is actually part past and part future [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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Time is continous and infinitely divisible, so there cannot be a wholly present time [Chrysippus, by Stobaeus]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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Chemical atoms have two powers: to enter certain combinations, and to emit a particular spectrum [Harré/Madden]
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Chemistry is not purely structural; CO2 is not the same as SO2 [Harré/Madden]
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