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... arguments by which Dr M'Taggart has claimed to disprove the reality of these apparently fundamental features of the ... argument if I take enough time over it . I like to believe that , in expound- ing the Theory of Relativity , a ...
... arguments by which Dr M'Taggart has claimed to disprove the reality of these apparently fundamental features of the ... argument if I take enough time over it . I like to believe that , in expound- ing the Theory of Relativity , a ...
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... arguments have forced us to recognise a number of distinctions and to define much more clearly what we mean by the statement that chairs and tables exist unperceived . What we find is that the original crude belief of common - sense ...
... arguments have forced us to recognise a number of distinctions and to define much more clearly what we mean by the statement that chairs and tables exist unperceived . What we find is that the original crude belief of common - sense ...
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... arguing about . When these facts are once grasped it is easy to see the connexion between the Space of physics and the Spaces of pure geometry . We have arrived , by whatever means , at the concept of one physical Space -the single ...
... arguing about . When these facts are once grasped it is easy to see the connexion between the Space of physics and the Spaces of pure geometry . We have arrived , by whatever means , at the concept of one physical Space -the single ...
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... argument has been used by Dr M'Taggart * as a ground for denying the reality of Time . It is certainly the best of the arguments which have been used for this purpose ; since it really does turn on features which are peculiar to Time ...
... argument has been used by Dr M'Taggart * as a ground for denying the reality of Time . It is certainly the best of the arguments which have been used for this purpose ; since it really does turn on features which are peculiar to Time ...
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... argument is that no event ever does have the characteristic of futurity . When we say that a certain event is future , the sentence which expresses our judgment is no doubt of the same form as when we say that a certain book is green ...
... argument is that no event ever does have the characteristic of futurity . When we say that a certain event is future , the sentence which expresses our judgment is no doubt of the same form as when we say that a certain book is green ...
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Absolute Theory act of sensing argument auditory sensa bits of matter body characteristic clock colour common-sense concepts constituent contemporary correlated course defined distance duration elliptical equations ether existence experiences fact finite fixed stars flash forces gravitation happen inertial mass judgment kinæsthetic sensations kind laws of motion literally mean measured Michelson-Morley experiment mind momentary spaces movement-continuum moving nature Newtonian frame non-Newtonian non-uniform observer optical object optically occupied particle penny perceive perceptible perceptual object physical events physical objects physical Space-Time Pickwickian plane platform points position Principle of Relativity properties qualities question Relational Theory relative motion respect rest resting physical retina rotation sense fields sense-history sensible field sensum shape slices spatial Specious Present straight line successive fields suppose tactual sensa temporal relations Theory of Relativity time-lapse timeless space tions traditional true uniform sense-object velocity of light visual field visual sensa whilst whole world-lines
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Page 544 - ... real" unless it occupies some region of physical Space-Time in the way in which a physical event does so. Now, it seems clear that either (i) sensible determinates (such as some particular shade of red) do not inhere in regions of physical Space-Time, but in regions of some other Space-Time ; or (2) that, if they do inhere in regions of physical Space-Time, they must inhere in the latter in some different way from that in which physical determinates (like physical motion) do so. Either there...