Defending Copernicus and Galileo critical reasoning in the two affairs
Although recent works on Galileo’s trial have reached new heights of erudition, documentation, and sophistication, they often exhibit inflated complexities, neglect 400 years of historiography, or make little effort to learn from Galileo. This book strives to avoid such lacunae by judiciously compar...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Science+Business Media B.V
2010.
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| Colección: | Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009447472806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Defending Copernicus
- The Geostatic World View
- The Copernican Controversy
- Galileo’s Stances Toward Copernican Astronomy
- Galilean Critiques of the Biblical Objection
- Galileo on the Mathematical Physics of Terrestrial Extrusion
- Galilean Rationality in the Copernican Revolution
- Defending Galileo
- The Trial of Galileo, 1613–1633
- The Galileo Affair, 1633–1992
- Galileo Right for the Wrong Reasons?
- Galileo as a Bad Theologian?
- Galileo as a Bad Epistemologist?
- Galileo as a Symbol of Science Versus Religion?.
