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'Individuals without Sortals', 'A Universe from Nothing' and 'Letters to Samuel Clarke'
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / c. Conservation of energy
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Leibniz upheld conservations of momentum and energy [Leibniz, by Papineau]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity
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Space itself can expand (and separate its contents) at faster than light speeds [Krauss]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / b. General relativity
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General Relativity: the density of energy and matter determines curvature and gravity [Krauss]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
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Uncertainty says that energy can be very high over very short time periods [Krauss]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / e. Protons
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Most of the mass of a proton is the energy in virtual particles (rather than the quarks) [Krauss]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space
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Empty space contains a continual flux of brief virtual particles [Krauss]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space
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The idea that the universe could be moved forward with no other change is just a fantasy [Leibniz]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time
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Space and time are purely relative [Leibniz]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time
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No time exists except instants, and instants are not even a part of time, so time does not exist [Leibniz]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / a. Experience of time
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If everything in the universe happened a year earlier, there would be no discernible difference [Leibniz]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning
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The universe is precisely 13.72 billion years old [Krauss]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 10. Multiverse
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It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss]
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