9 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
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] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
4377 | Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |
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] |