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Autore principale: | Blasjö, Viktor.
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Titolo: | Galileo, ignoramus [Risorsa elettronica] : mathematics versus philosophy in the scientific revolution / Viktor Blasjö. |
Descrizione fisica: | 117 p. |
Note: | Tit. della prima schermata delle informazioni Descrizione della risorsa del 5 ottobre 2021 |
Abstract: | I offer a revisionist interpretation of Galileỏs role in the history of science. My overarching thesis is that Galileo lacked technical ability in mathematics, and that this can be seen as directly explaining numerous aspects of his lifẻs work. I suggest that it is precisely because he was bad at mathematics that Galileo was keen on experiment and empiricism, and eagerly adopted the telescope. His reliance on these hands-on modes of research was not a pioneering contribution to scientific method, but a last resort of a mind ill equipped to make a contribution on mathematical grounds. Likewise, it is precisely because he was bad at mathematics that Galileo expounded at length about basic principles of scientific method. ̜Those who can̉t do, teach.� The vision of science articulated by Galileo was less original than is commonly assumed. It had long been taken for granted by mathematicians, who, however, did not stop to pontificate about such things in philosophical prose because they were too busy doing advanced scientific work |
Contiene: | Indice: 1. Introduction 2. Mathematics 3. Physics 4. Astronomy 5. Salon science 6. Galileo evaluated 7. Before Galileo 8. Father of science |
Visionato in: | IMSS |
Dettagli di sistema: | Modalità di accesso: World Wide Web. URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06595.pdf |
Discipline: | Scienze--Persone. |
Persone: | Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642--Scienze. |
Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XVII. |
Collocazione: | Misc. Gal 100/ 66 (print out) |
Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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