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Defending Copernicus and Galileo : critical reasoning in the two affairs / Maurice A. Finocchiaro.
Author
Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Description
xliii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
Q174 .B67 v.280
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Subject(s)
Astronomy
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History
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17th century
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Religion and science
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Italy
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History
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17th century
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Science
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Philosophy
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Trials (Heresy)
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Italy
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Rome
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History
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17th century
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Galilei, Galileo 1564-1642
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Trials, litigation, etc
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Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543
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Influence
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Trial and arbitral proceedings
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Series
Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 280.
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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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