6 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
13166 | Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |