Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, David Lewis and Weisberg/Needham/Hendry

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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block
9666 It is quite implausible that the future is unreal, as that would terminate everything [Lewis]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / j. Time travel
23019 The interesting time travel is when personal and external time come apart [Lewis, by Baron/Miller]
23021 Lewis said it might just be that travellers to the past can't kill their grandfathers [Lewis, by Baron/Miller]
27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
17469 'H2O' just gives the element proportions, not the microstructure [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
17468 Over 100,000,000 compounds have been discovered or synthesised [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
17470 Water molecules dissociate, and form large polymers, explaining its properties [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
17473 It is unlikely that chemistry will ever be reduced to physics [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
17474 Quantum theory won't tell us which structure a set of atoms will form [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
17475 For temperature to be mean kinetic energy, a state of equilibrium is also required [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
17467 Isotopes (such as those of hydrogen) can vary in their rates of chemical reaction [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table
17466 Mendeleev systematised the elements, and also gave an account of their nature [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]