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All the ideas for 'works', 'Apprehension: reason in absence of Rules' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

9565	Zermelo made 'set' and 'member' undefined axioms [Zermelo, by Chihara]

3339	For Zermelo's set theory the empty set is zero and the successor of each number is its unit set [Zermelo, by Blackburn]

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]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense

22668

Apprehension is a complex intellect grasping the essence of a complex object [Holt,L]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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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]