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    Newtonian absolute space and absolute time are each indep... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Space and time are unified as merely distinguishable aspects of Motion.

    Newtonian absolute space and absolute time are each independently real, possessing determinate structure prior to and independent of any motion.

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    • 1.Motion requires a fixed background reference frame; objects move relative to something determinate, implying space's independent reality.
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    • 2.Time's directional flow (past to future) and universal simultaneity appear to structure causality independently of any observer or object.
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    • 3.Mathematical physics describes space and time as coordinate systems with intrinsic geometric properties prior to physical occupation.
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    • 1.Motion is relational: objects move only relative to other objects. No absolute reference frame is empirically detectable or necessary.
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    • 2.Einstein's relativity shows simultaneity is frame-dependent and space-time is unified, not separate absolute containers for events.
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    • 3.Attributing reality to unobservable 'container' properties violates empiricist principles; only measurable relations between objects matter.
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