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'Material Beings', 'On Relations of Universals and Particulars' and 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism'
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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Does the original self-mover push itself from behind, or pull itself from in front? [Sext.Empiricus]
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1900
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If time and place are infinitely divided, it becomes impossible for movement ever to begin [Sext.Empiricus]
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If all atoms, times and places are the same, everything should move with equal velocity [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 3. Chromodynamics / a. Chromodynamics
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The strong force pulls, but also pushes apart if nucleons get too close together [Inwagen]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time
1903
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If motion and rest are abolished, so is time [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time
1904
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Time must be unlimited, but past and present can't be non-existent, and can't be now, so time does not exist [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / c. Intervals
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How can time be divisible if we can't compare one length of time with another? [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
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Is one atom a piece of gold, or is a sizable group of atoms required? [Inwagen]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life
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Some events are only borderline cases of lives [Inwagen]
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At the lower level, life trails off into mere molecular interaction [Inwagen]
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17567
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A flame is like a life, but not nearly so well individuated [Inwagen]
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A tumour may spread a sort of life, but it is not a life, or an organism [Inwagen]
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Unlike waves, lives are 'jealous'; it is almost impossible for them to overlap [Inwagen]
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One's mental and other life is centred on the brain, unlike any other part of the body [Inwagen]
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If God were to 'reassemble' my atoms of ten years ago, the result would certainly not be me [Inwagen]
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Life is vague at both ends, but could it be totally vague? [Inwagen]
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The chemical reactions in a human life involve about sixteen elements [Inwagen]
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Being part of an organism's life is a matter of degree, and vague [Inwagen]
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