Icosahedral honeycomb figure. The bitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has truncated dodecahedron cells with a disphenoid vertex figure. The cantellated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has rhombicosidodecahedron and icosidodecahedron cells, with a triangular prism vertex figure. The cantitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has truncated icosidodecahedron, icosidodecahedron, triangular prism and hexagonal prism cells, with a mirrored sphenoid vertex figure. The runcinated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has icosahedron and triangular prism cells, with a pentagonal antiprism vertex figure. The runcitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3}, , has truncated icosahedron, rhombicosidodecahedron, hexagonal prism and triangular prism cells, with a square pyramid vertex figure. The omnitruncated icosahedral honeycomb, t{3,5,3},
Wax argument Wax argument The wax argument or the ball of wax example is a thought experiment that René Descartes created within his "Meditations on First Philosophy". He devised it to analyze what properties are essential for bodies, show how uncertain our knowledge of the world is compared to our knowledge of our minds, and argue for rationalism. Descartes first considers all the sensible properties of a ball of wax such as its shape, texture, size, color, and smell. He then points out that all these properties change as the wax is moved closer to a fire. The only properties that necessarily