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Ideas of Galileo Galilei, by Text
[Italian, 1564 - 1642, Ffirst true scientist, based in Pisa and Florence. Proved the heliocentric solar system. Tried for heresy; house arrest from 1633.]
1623
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Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')
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p.15
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Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Machamer/Darden/Craver]
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p.21
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7401
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Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Tuck]
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p.41
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5454
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Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures
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VI.232
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p.5
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3645
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To understand the universe mathematics is essential
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1632
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Two Chief World Systems
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p.115
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19673
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Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Meillassoux]
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