Defending Copernicus and Galileo : critical reasoning in the two affairs

Defending Copernicus and Galileo critical reasoning in the two affairs

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 Copern...

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1. Verfasser: Finocchiaro, Maurice A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Dordrecht u.a. Springer 2010
Schriftenreihe:Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science 280
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Galilei, Galileo > Trials, litigation, etc > Copernicus, Nicolaus > Influence > Trials (Heresy) > History > Religion and science > Science > Philosophy > Kopernikus, Nikolaus > Naturverständnis
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Zusammenfassung: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?
Beschreibung:XLIII, 350 S.
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ISBN:9789048132003
978-90-481-3200-3