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All the ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'Process Metaphysics' and 'Axioms for the Part Relation'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

15585	Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
	Full Idea: In his later work Heidegger came to view philosophy as closer to poetry than to science.
	From: report of Martin Heidegger (The Origin of the Work of Art [1935], p.178) by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Signs'

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

22626	Process philosophy insists that processes are not inferior in being to substances [Rescher]
	Full Idea: Process philosophy diametrically opposes the view that denies processes or downgrades them in the order of being or of understanding by subordinating them to substantial things.
	From: Nicholas Rescher (Process Metaphysics [1996]), quoted by R.D. Ingthorsson - A Powerful Particulars View of Causation 7
	A reaction: [No page cited - nr start?] Ingthorsson quotes this in order to challenge it, and says that substances are also processes, because change is essential to them.

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

10650	In the military, persons are parts of parts of large units, but not parts of those large units [Rescher]
	Full Idea: In military usage, persons can be parts of small units, and small units parts of large ones; but persons are never parts of large units.
	From: Nicholas Rescher (Axioms for the Part Relation [1955]), quoted by Achille Varzi - Mereology 2.1
	A reaction: This much-cited objection to the transitivity of the 'part' relation seems very odd. There could hardly be an army or a regiment if there weren't soldiers to make up parts of it.