Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Francis of Marchia, Galileo Galilei and Edmund L. Gettier

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7 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
16627 If you remove the accidents from a horse and a lion, the intellect can't tell them apart [Francis of Marchia]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities
7401 Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Galileo, by Tuck]
5454 Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures [Galileo]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / b. Gettier problem
8886 Being a true justified belief is not a sufficient condition for knowledge [Gettier]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
16560 Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
3645 To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion
19673 Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux]