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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Character of Physical Law' and 'Process and Reality'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

7719	European philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato [Whitehead]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

15970

People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

10656

With 'extensive connection', boundary elements are not included in domains [Whitehead, by Varzi]

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

15389

In Whitehead 'processes' consist of events beginning and ending [Whitehead, by Simons]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

15247

Whitehead held that perception was a necessary feature of all causation [Whitehead, by Harré/Madden]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

18530

Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17707

We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]

16962

Whitehead replaced points with extended regions [Whitehead, by Quine]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]