Galileo Galilei ↔ matter

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Galileo Galilei is fundamentally linked to the concept of matter because he established the modern mechanistic distinction between its quantitative, mathematical properties and its qualitative sensory aspects, as described in [1], [2], [3], and [4].

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Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love Zia H Shah MD · The Muslim Times 1 fact

accountPhilip Goff recounts that Galileo Galilei established a sharp distinction between the quantitative, mathematically describable aspects of matter and the qualitative aspects like colors, sounds, and feelings, stipulating that physics would confine itself to the former.

Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimGalileo stripped matter of sensory qualities to resolve the conflict between his mathematization of nature and the qualities of experience.

Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimGalileo addressed the conflict between his mathematisation of nature and sensory experience by stripping matter of sensory qualities like color, taste, and smell.

Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimThe modern mechanistic worldview, inaugurated by Galileo, Descartes, and Newton, established a separation between matter and mind that transformed a conceptual distinction into an ontological gulf.