Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Eubulides, Isaac Newton and Irving M. Copi

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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time

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Newton needs intervals of time, to define velocity and acceleration [Newton, by Le Poidevin]

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Newton thought his laws of motion needed absolute time [Newton, by Bardon]

17012

Time exists independently, and flows uniformly [Newton]

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Absolute time, from its own nature, flows equably, without relation to anything external [Newton]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

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Newtonian mechanics does not distinguish negative from positive values of time [Newton, by Coveney/Highfield]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / d. Measuring time

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If there is no uniform motion, we cannot exactly measure time [Newton]