position//abstraction nicholas sagan
Š redshift press 2010
Spatial m easureme n
quantitat
ts are use d to quan tify
ively com pare
how far a p a r t
the inter val betwe en
objects a re, a n d t e m p o r a l m e asureme and dura tion
nts are u sed to
of events
arg
ues
fo r
t h e nec ess ity of t he exi ste nce of a bso lute
spa
ce
to a cco unt fo r phe can nom not ena be l i ke acc oun rot atio ted na fo r nd acc ele rat on ion ap tha u re ly t
re l a
tion
alis
t
acc
oun
t
led to the conclusion
tha
t th e
ma
ss o f an
obj
ect
wa
rps
the
geo
me
try
of
the
spa
ce-
tim
es urr oun din g
it
t in st an t m po se it s pr es en co at th ts en ev t se t of n ha ve a di ffer en ca se er iv un e th ea ch po in t in
ideas of form and functional capacity only dictates temporal direction in relation
to complex scenarios involving specific, non-metaphysical agency which is not
merely dependent on human perception of time
asymmetry is perceivable
and ii) that the pieces of cup came to possess exactly the nature and number of those of a cup before assembling
i) the relationship between the agent capacities of the human hand (ie, what it is and is not capable of & what it is for) and non-animal agency (ie, what floors are and are not capable of and what they are for)
on account of two features:
on the other han
d
holds that for a
thing to exist thro
ugh time is for it
to exist as a
a s re u o tinu con
lity
when we consider the thing as a whole we must consider an aggregate
of all its
"temporal parts" or instances of existing
objects within these realities somehow exist outside of the reality as a whole, even though the realities as
wholes are not
related
position//abstraction nicholas sagan www.nicholassagan.com nicholassagan@gmail.com
Š redshift press 2010