Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Steven Weinberg and Nicholas Rescher

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8732	It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]

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

22626

Process philosophy insists that processes are not inferior in being to substances [Rescher]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

10650

In the military, persons are parts of parts of large units, but not parts of those large units [Rescher]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

20365

We only see points in motion, and thereby infer movement [Rescher]