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Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992
In 1633, at the end of one of the most famous trials in history, the Inquisition condemned Galileo for contending that the Earth moves and that the Bible is not a scientific authority. Galileo's condemnation set off a controversy that has acquired a fascinating life of its own and that continues to this day. This absorbing book is the first to examine the entire span of the Galileo affair from his condemnation to his alleged rehabilitation by the Pope in 1992. Filled with primary sources, many translated into English for the first time, Retrying Galileo will acquaint readers with the historical facts of the trial, its aftermath and repercussions, the rich variety of reflections on it throughout history, and the main issues it raises.
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On trial for reason : science, religion, and culture in the Galileo affair
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.
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The Case of Galileo
The \"Galileo Affair\" has been the locus of various and opposing
appraisals for centuries: some view it as an historical event
emblematic of the obscurantism of the Catholic Church, opposed
a priori to the progress of science; others consider it a
tragic reciprocal misunderstanding between Galileo, an arrogant and
troublesome defender of the Copernican theory, and his theologian
adversaries, who were prisoners of a narrow interpretation of
scripture. In The Case of Galileo: A Closed Question?
Annibale Fantoli presents a wide range of scientific,
philosophical, and theological factors that played an important
role in Galileo's trial, all set within the historical progression
of Galileo's writing and personal interactions with his
contemporaries. Fantoli traces the growth in Galileo Galilei's
thought and actions as he embraced the new worldview presented in
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres , the
epoch-making work of the great Polish astronomer Nicolaus
Copernicus.
Fantoli delivers a sophisticated analysis of the intellectual
milieu of the day, describes the Catholic Church's condemnation of
Copernicanism (1616) and of Galileo (1633), and assesses the
church's slow acceptance of the Copernican worldview. Fantoli
criticizes the 1992 treatment by Cardinal Poupard and Pope John
Paul II of the reports of the Commission for the Study of the
Galileo Case and concludes that the Galileo Affair, far from being
a closed question, remains more than ever a challenge to the church
as it confronts the wider and more complex intellectual and ethical
problems posed by the contemporary progress of science and
technology. In clear and accessible prose geared to a wide
readership, Fantoli has distilled forty years of scholarly research
into a fascinating recounting of one of the most famous cases in
the history of science.
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Behind the scenes at Galileo's trial : including the first English translation of Melchior Inchofer's Tractatus syllepticus
\"Richard Blackwell offers yet another important volume for our understanding of the context and thought around the trial of Galileo and more broadly the interaction of theology and science in the early modern era. Blackwell's scholarship is well known to Galileo scholars. . . . This latest volume makes Melchior Inchofer's Tractatus syllepticus (1633) available in English for the first time, affording those lacking Latin better insights into the mind of the advisor to the Holy Office of the (Roman) Inquisition who gave the most detailed analysis of Galileo's Dialogue. Blackwell's five introductory chapters set Inchofer and other dramatis personae in Galileo's life in the context of the history of theology as well as of science. Blackwell especially considers the biblical hermeneutics that prompted figures like Inchofer to conclude that the Bible in fact taught the immobility of the Earth.\" --Journal for the History of Astronomy.
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Galileo : a very short introduction
Galileo's own lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. This led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy.
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