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

Author/creator Finocchiaro, Maurice A., 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoDordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Descriptionxliii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesBoston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 280
Boston studies in the philosophy of science v. 280. ^A4758
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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and index.
LCCN 2009931215
ISBN9789048132003
ISBN9048132002

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