Defending Copernicus and Galileo : critical reasoning in the two affairs / Maurice A. Finocchiaro.

Author
Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Description
xliii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Series
    Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 280. [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and index.
    Contents
    • Pt. I. Defending Copernicus: 1. The geostatic world view ; 2. The Copernican controversy ; 3. Galileo's stances toward Copernican astronomy ; 4. Galilean critiques of the biblical objection ; 5. Galileo on the mathematical physics of terrestrial extrusion ; 6. Galilean rationality in the Copernican revolution
    • Pt. II. Defending Galileo: 7. The trial of Galileo, 1613-1633 ; 8. The Galileo Affair, 1633-1992 ; 9. Galileo right for the wrong reasons? ; 10. Galileo as a bad theologian? ; 11. Galileo as a bad epistemologist? ; 12. Galileo as a symbol of science versus religion?
    ISBN
    • 9789048132003
    • 9048132002
    LCCN
    2009931215
    OCLC
    428028905
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