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Ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'Scientific Thought' and 'Science without Numbers'

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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]

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

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

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]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block

8160	The present and past exist, but the future does not [Broad, by Dummett]

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We could say present and past exist, but not future, so that each event adds to the total history [Broad]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / d. Time series

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We imagine the present as a spotlight, moving across events from past to future [Broad]