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'fragments/reports', 'The Varieties of Necessity' and 'Science without Numbers'
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields
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In theories of fields, space-time points or regions are causal agents [Field,H]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space
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Both philosophy and physics now make substantivalism more attractive [Field,H]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 5. Relational Space
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Relational space is problematic if you take the idea of a field seriously [Field,H]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
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The past and the future subsist, but only the present exists [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / e. Present moment
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The present does not exist, so our immediate experience is actually part past and part future [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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Time is continous and infinitely divisible, so there cannot be a wholly present time [Chrysippus, by Stobaeus]
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