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All the ideas for 'reports', 'The Meaning of the Word' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

6710	You can only define a statement that something is 'true' by referring to its functional possibilities [James]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

22305

If the hypothesis of God is widely successful, it is true [James]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

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]

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

3645	To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]