Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo: Philosophical, Historical, and Historiographical Essays
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I -- II -- III -- Contents -- Part I Galilean Arguments -- 1 Rejection of Space-Proportional Speed -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Passage -- 1.3 The Crew-De Salvio Translation -- 1.4 Drake's Interpretation -- 1.5 The Merton-Rule Interpretation -- 1.6 A Cri...
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| Language: | English |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing AG
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Argumentation Library
v.40 |
| Further subjects: | B
Reasoning
B Electronic books B Logic |
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| Summary: | Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I -- II -- III -- Contents -- Part I Galilean Arguments -- 1 Rejection of Space-Proportional Speed -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Passage -- 1.3 The Crew-De Salvio Translation -- 1.4 Drake's Interpretation -- 1.5 The Merton-Rule Interpretation -- 1.6 A Critical Explanation -- References -- 2 A Galilean Fallacy of Equivocation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Reconstruction -- 2.3 Evaluation -- References -- 3 Explanation of the Law of Squares -- 3.1 Explanation as Growth of Understanding -- 3.2 Galileo's Main Achievement as an Explanation -- 3.3 Explanatory Analysis of Relevant Passage -- 3.4 Recapitulation -- References -- 4 Arguing About the Earth's Motion -- 4.1 Methodological Judgment -- 4.2 Critical Reasoning -- 4.3 Judgment Calls -- 4.4 Integrating Theory and Practice -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Critique of the Ship-Experiment Argument -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Anti-Copernican Argument and Anti-Galilean Criticism -- 5.3 Analysis of the Argument -- 5.4 Galileo's Criticism -- 5.5 Galileo's Performance of the Experiment -- 5.6 History of Ship Experiment -- 5.7 Physics of Ship Experiment -- 5.8 Conclusion -- References -- Part II Comparisons and Contrasts -- 6 Socrates, Galileo, and Marx as Critical Thinkers -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 A Conception of Philosophy -- 6.3 Socrates -- 6.4 Galileo -- 6.5 Marx -- 6.6 Conceptions of Critical Thinking -- References -- 7 The Trials of Bruno and Galileo -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Bruno's Trial -- 7.3 Galileo's Trial -- 7.4 Similarities and Differences -- 7.5 Religion vs. Philosophy and Religion vs. Science -- Appendix I: Outline of the Lost File of Manuscript Proceedings of Bruno's Trial -- Appendix II: Master Table of Bruno's Trial -- References -- 8 Galileo's Daughter: The Book, the Movie, the Facts, and the Issues -- 8.1 Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992, and Beyond. |
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| ISBN: | 3030771474 |