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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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Motion is just change of distance between two things [Locke]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
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Boyle and Locke suspect forces of being occult [Locke, by Alexander,P]
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An insurmountable force in a body keeps our hands apart when we handle it [Locke]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / d. Gravity
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Gravity isn't a force, because it produces effects without diminishing [Mayer]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space
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We can locate the parts of the universe, but not the whole thing [Locke]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time
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Almost everyone except Plato thinks that time could not have been generated [Plato, by Aristotle]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / b. Instants
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An 'instant' is where we perceive no succession, and is the time of a single idea [Locke]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / d. Measuring time
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We can never show that two successive periods of time were equal [Locke]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
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It is inconceivable that unthinking matter could produce intelligence [Locke]
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