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non-reification of energy:

109. Energy not capable of Identification
We cannot identify a particular portion of energy, or trace it through its transformations. It has no individual existence, such as that which we attribute to particular portions of matter.

—p. 90 (PDF p. 110), cited in Universe without [Reified] Space and Time ch. 4


Introduction, On Motion, On Force, On the properties of the centre of mass of a material system, On work and energy, Recapitulation, The Pendulum and Gravity, Universal Gravitation, On the Equations of Motion of a connected system, Appendix The relativity of the forces of nature, Appendix II The Principle of least action