Galileo And The Art Of Reasoning

Author : M.A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 497 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400990173

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The work of Galileo has long been important not only as a foundation of modern physics but also as a model - and perhaps the paradigmatic model - of scientific method, and therefore as a leading example of scientific rationality. However, as we know, the matter is not so simple. The range of Galileo readings is so varied that one may be led to the conclusion that it is a case of chacun a son Galileo; that here, as with the Bible, or Plato or Kant or Freud or Finnegan's Wake, the texts themselves underdetermine just what moral is to be pointed. But if there is no canonical reading, how can the texts be taken as evidence or example of a canonical view of scientific rationality, as in Galileo? Or is it the case, instead, that we decide a priori what the norms of rationality are and then pick through texts to fmd those which satisfy these norms? Specifically, how and on what grounds are we to accept or reject scientific theories, or scientific reasoning? If we are to do this on the basis of historical analysis of how, in fact, theories came to be accepted or rejected, how shall we distinguish 'is' from 'ought'? What follows (if anything does) from such analysis or reconstruction about how theories ought to be accepted or rejected? Maurice Finocchiaro's study of Galileo brings an important and original approach to the question of scientific rationality by way of a systematic read

Author : M a Finocchiaro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1980-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400990189

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Galileo and the Art of Reasoning by M a Finocchiaro Pdf

Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198797920

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On Trial for Reason by Maurice A. Finocchiaro Pdf

In 1633, the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo as a suspected heretic for defending the astronomical theory that the earth moves, and implicitly assuming the theological principle that Scripture is not scientific authority. This controversial event has sent ripples down the centuries, embodying the struggle between a thinker who came to be regarded as the Father of Modern Science, and an institution that is both one of the world's greatest religions and most ancient organizations. The trial has been cited both as a clear demonstration of the incompatibility between science and religion, and also a stunning exemplar of rationality, scientific method, and critical thinking. Much has been written about Galileo's trial, but most works argue from a particular point of view - that of secular science against the Church, or justifying the religious position. Maurice Finocchiaro aims to provide a balanced historical account that draws out the cultural nuances. Unfolding the intriguing narrative of Galileo's trial, he sets it against its contemporary intellectual and philosophical background. In particular, Finocchiaro focuses on the contemporary arguments and evidence for and against the Earth's motion, which were based on astronomical observation, the physics of motion, philosophical principles about the nature of knowledge, and theological principles about the authority and the interpretation of Scripture. Following both sides of the controversy and its far-reaching philosophical impact, Finocchiaro unravels the complex relationship between science and religion, and demonstrates how Galileo came to be recognised as a model of logical reasoning.

Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030771478

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Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo by Maurice A. Finocchiaro Pdf

This book collects a renowned scholar's essays from the past five decades and reflects two main concerns: an approach to logic that stresses argumentation, reasoning, and critical thinking and that is informal, empirical, naturalistic, practical, applied, concrete, and historical; and an interest in Galileo’s life and thought—his scientific achievements, Inquisition trial, and methodological lessons in light of his iconic status as “father of modern science.” These republished essays include many hard to find articles, out of print works, and chapters which are not available online. The collection provides an excellent resource of the author's lifelong dedication to the subject. Thus, the book contains critical analyses of some key Galilean arguments about the laws of falling bodies and the Copernican hypothesis of the earth’s motion. There is also a group of chapters in which Galileo’s argumentation is compared and contrasted with that of other figures such as Socrates, Karl Marx, Giordano Bruno, and his musicologist father Vincenzo Galilei. The chapters on Galileo’s trial illustrate an approach to the science-vs-religion issue which Finocchiaro labels “para-clerical” and conceptualizes in terms of a judicious consideration of arguments for and against Galileo and the Church. Other essays examine argumentation about Galileo’s life and thought by the major Galilean scholars of recent decades. The book will be of interest to scholars in philosophy, logic, philosophy of science, history of science, history of religion, philosophy of religion, argumentation, rhetoric, and communication studies.

Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136010880

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The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue by Maurice A. Finocchiaro Pdf

The publication in 1632 of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a crucial moment in the ‘scientific revolution’ and helped Galileo become the ‘father of modern science’. The Dialogue contains Galileo’s mature synthesis of astronomy, physics, and methodology, and a critical confirmation of Copernicus’s hypothesis of the earth’s motion. However, the book also led Galileo to stand trial with the Inquisition, in what became known as ‘the greatest scandal in Christendom’. In The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue, Maurice A. Finocchiaro introduces and analyzes: the intellectual background and historical context of the Copernican controversy and Inquisition trial; the key arguments and critiques that Galileo presents on both sides of the ‘dialogue’; the Dialogue’s content and significance from three special points of view: science, methodology, and rhetoric; the enduring legacy of the Dialogue and the ongoing application of its approach to other areas. This is an essential introduction for all students of science, philosophy, history, and religion wanting a useful guide to Galileo’s great classic.

Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521853273

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Arguments about Arguments by Maurice A. Finocchiaro Pdf

This book brings together essays by one of the pre-eminent scholars of informal logic.

Author : William A. Wallace
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813230887

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Reinterpreting Galileo by William A. Wallace Pdf

A collection of papers to mark the 350th anniversary of the publication of Galileo's Dialogue

Author : A. Donovan,R. Laudan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400928558

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Scrutinizing Science by A. Donovan,R. Laudan Pdf

Author : Galileo Galilei,Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520206465

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Galileo on the World Systems by Galileo Galilei,Maurice A. Finocchiaro Pdf

This classic work proves the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Author : Dolora A. Wojciehowski
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0804723869

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Old Masters, New Subjects by Dolora A. Wojciehowski Pdf

The encounter - sometimes conflict - between traditional Renaissance studies and poststructuralism occasions this book. In it, the author analyzes "old masteries," certain notions of freedom, individualism, and control long associated with the Renaissance, in relation to the ideologies of non-mastery that recur in theory today. This book has a dual purpose. First, it recontextualizes the debates on freedom and determinism presented by five "masters" - Petrarch, Luther, Loyola, Teresa of Avila, and Galileo - by showing that their paradigmatic discourses on will share a distinct rhetorical strategy. Second, it argues that the dominant critical paradigms of the late twentieth century, while ostensibly rejecting and transcending early modern ideas of subjecthood, actually recast Renaissance debates on freedom and power. In many ways, the early modern functions as the unconscious of critical theory.

Author : Nimrod Bar-Am,Stefano Gattei
Publisher : Springer
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319576695

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Encouraging Openness by Nimrod Bar-Am,Stefano Gattei Pdf

This volume features forty-two essays written in honor of Joseph Agassi. It explores the work and legacy of this influential philosopher, an exciting and challenging advocate of critical rationalism. Throughout six decades of stupendous intellectual activity, Agassi called attention to rationality as the very starting point of every notable philosophical way of life. The essays present Agassi’s own views on critical rationalism. They also develop and expand upon his work in new and provocative ways. The authors include Agassi's most notable pupils, friends, and colleagues. Overall, their contributions challenge the received view on a variety of issues concerning science, religion, and education. Readers will find well-reasoned arguments on such topics as the secular problem of evil, religion and critical thinking, liberal democratic educational communities, democracy and constitutionalism, and capitalism at a crossroad.“/div>divTo Joseph Agassi, philosophy is the practice of reason, where reason is understood as the relentless search for criticisms of the best available explanations that we have to the world around us. This book not only honors one of the most original philosophers of science today. It also offers readers insights into a school of thought that lies at the heart of philosophy.

Author : Brendan Maurice Dooley
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 073910232X

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Science and the Marketplace in Early Modern Italy by Brendan Maurice Dooley Pdf

In this book, Brendan Dooley examines Italian scientific communications in early modern history. He demonstrates that Italian science between the age of Galileo and the age of Galvani and Volta underwent two revolutions. While the methodological innovations of the time have received copious attention, Dooley is concerned with the revolution in published communicatons, which has hardly been studied at all. What his innovative research shows, in sum, is that the accomplishments of Galvani and Volta were not based upon a cultural void, but rather a century and a half of fervid activity aiming to consolidate the accomplishments of Galileo, reinforce scientific institutions, establish observation and experiment as the dominant methodology, and improve science's public relations. This process challenged traditional institutional hierarchies of specialized knowledge and had far-reaching, interdisciplinary implications for the development of universities, the profession of university science researcher, the academies, and even state government.

Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520066625

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The Galileo Affair by Maurice A. Finocchiaro Pdf

“A classic introduction to Galileo’s masterpiece.”—William A. Wallace, author of Galileo’s Logic of Discovery and Proof "This is an outstanding contribution to the literature of seventeenth-century science."--Robert Westman, University of California at San Diego "The Galileo Affair should be required reading for everyone who values freedom and fears censorship. The extraordinary virtue of this collection of documents edited by Maurice A. Finocchiaro is that is presents both sides of the dispute."--Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School "A highly readable sourcebook, the like of which does not exist."--Karl H. Dannenfeldt, History: Reviews of New Books

Author : David C. Lindberg,Katharine Park,Roy Porter,Ronald L. Numbers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521572446

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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3, Early Modern Science by David C. Lindberg,Katharine Park,Roy Porter,Ronald L. Numbers Pdf

An account of European knowledge of the natural world, c.1500-1700.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UCSD:31822016030215

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Journal for the History of Astronomy by Anonim Pdf