7 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
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] |
16560 | Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver] |
11127 | If concepts just are mental representations, what of concepts we may never acquire? [Peacocke] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |