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All the ideas for 'Life of Pythagoras', 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')' and 'Rationality'

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7 ideas

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 / 4. Memory

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The ancient Memorists said virtually all types of thinking could be done simply by memory [Sorabji]

23303

Stoics say true memory needs reflection and assent, but animals only have perceptual recognition [Sorabji]

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]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

1515	Pythagoreans believe it is absurd to seek for goodness anywhere except with the gods [Iamblichus]