8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
3534 | To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S] |
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] |
3398 | Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
3645 | To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo] |