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abstraction activity animal body antecedent world Aristotelian bits of matter bodily reference carbon causation centuries character claim colors common-sense notion complex conceived conclusion cosmology creative derived Descartes discloses doctrine dualism emotion ence enduring self-identity enjoyment entertainment environment epiphenomenon epistemology essence essential ether example external fact factors formulae func functionings fundamental geometry Hume-Newton indefinite number individual instant interconnection internal interrelations involves law of gravitation lecture locomotion mankind material bodies ment mental modern physics modes of sensation molecules Newton Newtonian concepts Newtonian cosmology Newtonian physics observation occasion of experience occupancy of space omitted ordinary matter oxygen passive pattern paving stone perception philosophic physical science physiologists positivism positivist present presupposed presuppositions qualifications question reason region relationship scale science can find scientific self-enjoyment sensa sense sense-perception sharp-cut sight spatial relations special sciences stress the rĂ´le substratum thought tion truth ture understanding of Nature unity universe UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT whole