PHIL 120 theory of flux

river fragment

you cannot step into the same river twice

water always flows, changes, scatters, and returns

reality is process, not stability

everything is in motion- all things flow

things are collections of properties that shift overtime

Appearance - reality distinction

Perceptivism - reality as it appears

realism - reality as it truly is

drinking sea good for fish, bad for humans

world isnt color, color is a trait

first principle is fire

fire transforms all it touches, is flux

never stops moving, consumes and creates

eternal universe theory

fire no beginning or end

the ekpyrotic universe theory

fire is style of conflagration and quenching

cyclic universe

big bang —> expansion —> big crunch —> big bang