8 ideas
14742 | It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N] |
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] |
18885 | Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |