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Galileo and the Art of Reasoning
M. A. Finocchiaro
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Description for Galileo and the Art of Reasoning
Hardback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 501 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
481
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027710949
SKU
V9789027710949
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