Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the Two Affairs

by Maurice A. Finocchiaro and Finocchiaro

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400731647
• ISBN13: 9789400731646
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"