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All the ideas for 'On the Natural Faculties', 'From Stimulus to Science' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

6564	To affirm 'p and not-p' is to have mislearned 'and' or 'not' [Quine]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties

21799

We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause [Galen]

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

3645	To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]