A long articles about inanimate vs. living things with insight on rocks. Rocks, stone, and boulders change their shape based on outer circumstances. For example, weather and erosion change rocks and cause them to change their external form.
"Not only are there many kinds of things in the world, but each one is subject to change. Living things like trees grow old and die; inanimate objects like rocks weather away and change their form. As things go through changes, there’s still something about them that enables them to retain their identity."
"Differences in objects result from changes in the shape, arrangement, density, and position of the atoms. It’s one thing to account for the composition of rocks and other inanimate objects in terms of material atoms clumped together. However, Leucippus and Democritus argue that everything in the universe is composed of the material stuff of atoms, including conscious human beings; there are no non-physical spirits or souls, or gods. In philosophy this is a position called materialism—only material things exist—and the challenge of materialism is to explain how conscious thought in humans can be a purely material thing.Throughout much of history, philosophers argued that this was impossible, and that human thought could only take place in a non-physical soul or spirit. After all, conscious thoughts do not seem to be the kinds of things that take up physical space. They are not like three-dimensional rocks and trees. But the atomists argued that conscious thoughts are indeed material, very much like rocks and trees."
Lake McDonald, Montana, USA - A place for consideration on the weather/envrionment influence on rocks.
"Differences in objects result from changes in the shape, arrangement, density, and position of the atoms. It’s one thing to account for the composition of rocks and other inanimate objects in terms of material atoms clumped together. However, Leucippus and Democritus argue that everything in the universe is composed of the material stuff of atoms, including conscious human beings; there are no non-physical spirits or souls, or gods. In philosophy this is a position called materialism—only material things exist—and the challenge of materialism is to explain how conscious thought in humans can be a purely material thing.Throughout much of history, philosophers argued that this was impossible, and that human thought could only take place in a non-physical soul or spirit. After all, conscious thoughts do not seem to be the kinds of things that take up physical space. They are not like three-dimensional rocks and trees. But the atomists argued that conscious thoughts are indeed material, very much like rocks and trees."
Lake McDonald, Montana, USA - A place for consideration on the weather/envrionment influence on rocks.
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