Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Celsus and Galileo Galilei

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8 ideas

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]
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]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
1868 The world was made as much for animals as for man [Celsus]
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]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
1867 Christians presented Jesus as a new kind of logos to oppose that of the philosophers [Celsus]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
1513 The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]