6 ideas
10632 | The real numbers may be introduced by abstraction as ratios of quantities [Hale, by Hale/Wright] |
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] |
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |