Drake on Galileo: Science vs. Philosophy, Methodology vs. Metaphysics
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
8-29-2021
Publication Title
Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Publisher Location
Cham, Switzerland
Volume
40
First page number:
417
Last page number:
423
Abstract
This is a critical examination of two books by Stillman Drake, Galileo Against the Philosophers (1976) and Galileo at Work (1978). Drake argues that Galileo’s science was deeply experimental and importantly anti-philosophical. I appreciate Drake’s argument for the experimental nature of Galileo’s science; but I criticize his anti-philosophical interpretation by pointing out that, although Galileo avoided metaphysical discussions, his scientific work is full of explicit argumentation and methodological analyses.
Controlled Subject
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Methodology; Metaphysics; Reviews
Disciplines
Metaphysics | Philosophy of Science
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Finocchiaro, M. A.
(2021).
Drake on Galileo: Science vs. Philosophy, Methodology vs. Metaphysics.
Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo, 40
417-423.
Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Cham.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77147-8_22