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Ideas for 'How the Laws of Physics Lie', 'Persistence, Change and Explanation' and 'The Relation of Sense-Data to Physics'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

6473	Physical things are series of appearances whose matter obeys physical laws [Russell]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

6465	We need not deny substance, but there seems no reason to assert it [Russell]

6471	The assumption by physicists of permanent substance is not metaphysically legitimate [Russell]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism

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Persistence makes change and its products intelligible [Haslanger]

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The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present [Haslanger]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts

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We must explain change amongst 'momentary entities', or else the world is inexplicable [Haslanger]

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If the things which exist prior to now are totally distinct, they need not have existed [Haslanger]