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  2. Discourse on the Tides - Wikipedia

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    Galileo composed "Discourse on the Tides" while in Rome and appealing for papal acceptance of the teaching of Copernican theory. The letter is thus not just an explanation of tidal phenomenon but also a private confirmation and defense of Galileo's ideas on heliocentrism, which are discussed completely in his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

  3. Galileo's Error - Wikipedia

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    Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness is a 2019 book authored by British philosopher Philip Goff. The book presents a defense of the theory of panpsychism as the solution to the hard problem of consciousness . [ 1 ]

  4. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Self-relevance effect: That memories relating to the self are better recalled than similar information relating to others. Serial position effect: That items near the end of a sequence are the easiest to recall, followed by the items at the beginning of a sequence; items in the middle are the least likely to be remembered. [177]

  5. Against Method - Wikipedia

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    For example, Galileo's theory of the tides suggested by the motion of the earth was inaccurate and the differences "were big enough to be known even to the most bleary-eyed sailor." [ 21 ] In addition, the motion of the earth on its axis leads to the wrong predictions of the relative brightness of Mars and Venus when measured with the naked eye ...

  6. Self-control - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses and the Sirens by H.J. Draper (1909). Self-control is an aspect of inhibitory control, one of the core executive functions. [1] [2] Executive functions are cognitive processes that are necessary for regulating one's behavior in order to achieve specific goals.

  7. Theory of tides - Wikipedia

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    In 1616, Galileo Galilei wrote Discourse on the Tides. [23] He strongly and mockingly rejects the lunar theory of the tides, [21] [4] and tries to explain the tides as the result of the Earth's rotation and revolution around the Sun, believing that the oceans moved like water in a large basin: as the basin moves, so does the water. [24]

  8. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems - Wikipedia

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    Without reference to Galileo's tidal theory, there would be no difference between the Copernican and Tychonic systems. Galileo fails to discuss the possibility of non-circular orbits, although Johannes Kepler had sent him a copy of his 1609 book, Astronomia nova, in which he proposes elliptical orbits—correctly calculating that of Mars. [15]

  9. Duhem–Quine thesis - Wikipedia

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    The Duhem–Quine thesis argues that no scientific hypothesis is by itself capable of making predictions. [2] Instead, deriving predictions from the hypothesis typically requires background assumptions that several other hypotheses are correct — that an experiment works as predicted, or that previous scientific theory is accurate.