8 ideas
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] |
19398 | Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |