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All the ideas for 'The World', 'Response to Slote' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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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]
22593 Our sensation of light may not be the same as what produces the sensation [Descartes]
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 / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
7101 Virtue theory needs an external standard to judge behaviour and character [Inwagen, by Statman]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
3645 To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
16569 The Hot, Cold, Wet and Dry of the philosophers need themselves to be explained [Descartes]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion
20964 Descartes said there was conservation of 'quantity of motion' [Descartes, by Papineau]