Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Elimination of Metaphysics by Analysis of Language' and 'On the Conservation of Force'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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Metaphysics uses empty words, or just produces pseudo-statements [Carnap]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy

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Helmholtz used 'energy' to mathematically link heat, light, electricity and magnetism [Helmholtz, by Watson]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / c. Conservation of energy

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All forces conserve the sum of kinetic and potential energy [Helmholtz, by Papineau]