Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Reply to 'Rorarius' 2nd ed', 'Metaphysics: a very short introduction' and 'Mathematical Physics'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

18617

Substances, unlike aggregates, can survive a change of parts [Mumford]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 3. Combinatorial possibility

18618

Maybe possibilities are recombinations of the existing elements of reality [Mumford]

18619

Combinatorial possibility has to allow all elements to be combinable, which seems unlikely [Mumford]

18620

Combinatorial possibility relies on what actually exists (even over time), but there could be more [Mumford]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9567	Maths deals with quantities of physical significance, ignoring irrelevant features [Geroch]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time

19384

Space and time are the order of all possibilities, and don't just relate to what is actual [Leibniz]