6 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] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |
19384 | Space and time are the order of all possibilities, and don't just relate to what is actual [Leibniz] |
5974 | People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works [Plutarch] |