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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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7 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

18487

We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

18488

We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge]

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

16560

Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

3645	To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]