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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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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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Water molecules dissociate, and form large polymers, explaining its properties [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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It is unlikely that chemistry will ever be reduced to physics [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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Quantum theory won't tell us which structure a set of atoms will form [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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For temperature to be mean kinetic energy, a state of equilibrium is also required [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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Over 100,000,000 compounds have been discovered or synthesised [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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'H2O' just gives the element proportions, not the microstructure [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
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Isotopes (such as those of hydrogen) can vary in their rates of chemical reaction [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table
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Mendeleev systematised the elements, and also gave an account of their nature [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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