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Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the Two Affairs

Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the Two Affairs

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Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, Book 280

Sports GeneralAstronomy & SpaceHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 9400731647
ISBN13: 9789400731646
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 4 2012
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Detailed Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: A Galilean Approach to the Galileo Affair Part I: Defending Copernicus 1. The Geostatic Worldview 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 Part 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 vs. Religion? Selected Bibliography

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