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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Notes on Comments by Fardella' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

18946

Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual

13160

To exist and be understood, a multitude must first be reduced to a unity [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

13161

Substances are everywhere in matter, like points in a line [Leibniz]

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]

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]