Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo: Philosophical, Historical, and Historiographical Essays

Authors

Maurice A. Finocchiaro, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Monograph

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publisher Location

Cham, Switzerland

Volume

40

First page number:

1

Last page number:

483

Abstract

Collects five decades of Maurice Finocchiaro's essays on Galileo's life and thought

Includes critical analyses of several important Galilean arguments on the laws of falling bodies and the Copernican hypothesis of the earth's motion

Offers comparisons of Galileo's argumentation with that of other leading thinkers

Controlled Subject

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Logic

Disciplines

History of Philosophy | Logic and Foundations of Mathematics | Philosophy | Philosophy of Science

Language

English

Rights

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Repository Citation

Finocchiaro, M. A. (2021). Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo: Philosophical, Historical, and Historiographical Essays. , 40 1-483. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.