Religion as a Credence Good and the Case Against Galileo

n 1633, the Papal Inquisition condemned Galileo Galilei as a heretic for attempting to rationalize Catholic scripture with Copernicus' theory of heliocentrism. Nearly four centuries later, heliocentricity is widely accepted, and the Roman Catholic Church boasts one of the finest astronomical ob...

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Main Author: Castro, Kristina Terkun (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2012]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 8, Pages: 1-29
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