7 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] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |