The Matter is a philosophical category for the designation of objective reality that exists independently of human consciousness, including everything that is accessible to a person with the help of sensory organs, devices and instruments, thinking, as well as everything that is not available to a person at present, but may become available in the future, and everything that will never become available to a person (full cognition of the infinite material world is impossible).
The attributes of matter, the forms of its being are space and motion, and they do not exist outside of matter. Similarly, there can be no material objects that do not have these properties.
The universal properties of matter are:
1. uncreateability and indestructibility;
2. the eternity of existence in time and infinity in space;
3. the matter is always inherent by movement and change, self-development, transformation of some states into others;
4. the determinacy of all phenomena;
5. uniqueness.
Let's take a closer look at each of the properties.
The uncreateability and indestructibility of matter means that the objective world is self-sufficient, i.e. no additional forces are needed for its existence. No one has created matter and no one can destroy matter.
The eternity of existence in time and infinity in space means that matter has always been and will always be, that matter has no beginning and no end.
Matter is always characterized by movement and change, self-development, transformation of some states into others. By movement I mean not only mechanical movement in space, but also physical and chemical transformations, biological processes, etc. The transition of matter from one form of existence to another (substance-field) is also a movement.
Determinism (causality) is the dependence of phenomena and objects on structural connections in material systems and external influences, on the causes and conditions that generate them. Nothing in the material world happens just like that, by accident. Everything is subject to certain laws and what follows develops from the previous one.
The uniqueness of matter means that there are no two identical objects in the objective world. Any material object is individual, whether it is an atom or the universe. In other words, in the material world, it is impossible for one object to exist at different points in the universe.
The paradox of infinite matter: Matter is a system of systems. There is no place for randomness in the material world. Any event can be predicted if all the processes contributing to the occurrence of this event are taken into account. But it is impossible to take into account countless processes, therefore, it is possible to predict an event only with a certain degree of probability.
The attributes of matter, the forms of its being are space and motion, and they do not exist outside of matter. Similarly, there can be no material objects that do not have these properties.
The universal properties of matter are:
1. uncreateability and indestructibility;
2. the eternity of existence in time and infinity in space;
3. the matter is always inherent by movement and change, self-development, transformation of some states into others;
4. the determinacy of all phenomena;
5. uniqueness.
Let's take a closer look at each of the properties.
The uncreateability and indestructibility of matter means that the objective world is self-sufficient, i.e. no additional forces are needed for its existence. No one has created matter and no one can destroy matter.
The eternity of existence in time and infinity in space means that matter has always been and will always be, that matter has no beginning and no end.
Matter is always characterized by movement and change, self-development, transformation of some states into others. By movement I mean not only mechanical movement in space, but also physical and chemical transformations, biological processes, etc. The transition of matter from one form of existence to another (substance-field) is also a movement.
Determinism (causality) is the dependence of phenomena and objects on structural connections in material systems and external influences, on the causes and conditions that generate them. Nothing in the material world happens just like that, by accident. Everything is subject to certain laws and what follows develops from the previous one.
The uniqueness of matter means that there are no two identical objects in the objective world. Any material object is individual, whether it is an atom or the universe. In other words, in the material world, it is impossible for one object to exist at different points in the universe.
The paradox of infinite matter: Matter is a system of systems. There is no place for randomness in the material world. Any event can be predicted if all the processes contributing to the occurrence of this event are taken into account. But it is impossible to take into account countless processes, therefore, it is possible to predict an event only with a certain degree of probability.
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