8 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
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] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |