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Author(s): Maurice A. Finocchiaro
ISBN(s): 9780415503679, 0415503671
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Year: 2014
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ISBN 10: 0415503671 
ISBN 13: 9780415503679
Author: Maurice A Finocchiaro

The publication in 1632 of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a crucial moment in the ‘scientific revolution’ and helped Galileo become the ‘father of modern science’. The Dialogue contains Galileo’s mature synthesis of astronomy, physics, and methodology, and a critical confirmation of Copernicus’s hypothesis of the earth’s motion. However, the book also led Galileo to stand trial with the Inquisition, in what became known as ‘the greatest scandal in Christendom’. In The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo’s Dialogue, Maurice A. Finocchiaro introduces and analyzes: the intellectual background and historical context of the Copernican controversy and Inquisition trial; the key arguments and critiques that Galileo presents on both sides of the ‘dialogue’; the Dialogue’s content and significance from three special points of view: science, methodology, and rhetoric; the enduring legacy of the Dialogue and the ongoing application of its approach to other areas. This is an essential introduction for all students of science, philosophy, history, and religion wanting a useful guide to Galileo’s great classic.

The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo s Dialogue 1st Table of contents:

Part I Preliminaries to Reading the Dialogue

  1. General Relevance

    • Notes

  2. Intellectual Background
    2.1 Cosmology
    2.2 Physics
    2.3 Astronomy

    • Notes

  3. Historical Context
    3.1 Copernicus’s Innovation
    3.2 Copernican Controversy
    3.3 Galileo’s Pursuit of a Copernican Research Program
    3.4 Theological Controversy and Condemnation of Copernicanism
    3.5 Trial and Condemnation of Galileo

    • Notes

Part II Main Argument In The Dialogue
4. Day I Similarity of Earth and Heaven
IA1 Perfection and Three-Dimensionality of the World (DML 9–15)
IA2 Aristotle’s Doctrine of Two Natural Motions (DML 15–20)
IA3 A More Coherent Concept of Natural Motion (DML 20–36)
IA4 Geocentric Argument from Natural Motion (DML 36–43)
IA5 Contrariety and Change (DML 43–53)
IA6 Observation of Heavenly Changes (DML 53–66)
IA7 Teleology and Anthropocentrism (DML 67–71)
IB1 Similarities Between Earth and Moon (DML 71–82)
IB2 Roughness of the Lunar Surface (DML 82–100)
IB3 Moon’s Secondary Light (DML 100–113)
IB4 Differences between earth and moon (DML 113–121)

  • Notes

  1. Day II Earth’s Daily Axial Rotation
    IIA Simplicity Arguments for Terrestrial Rotation (DML 123–155)
    IIB1 Geostatic Argument from Violent Motion (DML 155–158)
    IIB2 Two-Motions Argument (DML 158–161)
    IIB3 Vertical Fall (DML 161–164)
    IIB4 Ship’s Mast Experiment (DML 164–179)
    IIB5 Conservation and Composition of Motion (DML 179–195)
    IIB6 East-West Gunshots (DML 195–198)
    IIB7 Vertical Gunshots (DML 198–206)
    IIB8 North-South Gunshots (DML 206–208)
    IIB9 Point-Blank Gunshots (DML 208–212)
    IIB10 Flight of Birds (DML 212–218)
    IIB11 Extruding Power of Whirling (DML 218–253)
    IIC1 Falling to Earth from the Moon (DML 253–271)
    IIC2 Inexplicability of Terrestrial Rotation (DML 271–286)
    IIC3 Deception of the Senses (DML 287–298)
    IIC4 Multiple Natural Motions (DML 298–306)
    IIC5 Luminosity and Mobility (DML 307–319)

    • Notes

  2. Day III Earth’s Annual Heliocentric Revolution
    IIIA Evidence From The 1572 Nova (DML 321–370)
    IIIB1 Mars, Venus, and Moon (DML 381–395)
    IIIC1 Heliocentrism of Planetary Revolutions (DML 370–380)
    IIIC2 Retrograde Planetary Motions (DML 396–400)
    IIIC3 Paths of Sunspots (DML 400–414)
    IIIB2 Distances and Sizes of Stars (DML 414–432)
    IIIB3 Apparent Positions and Magnitudes of Stars (DML 432–461)
    IIIB4 Magnets and Multiple Natural Motions (DML 461–481)

    • Notes

  3. Day IV Geokinetic Explanation of Tides
    IVA Clarification of Project and Criticism of Alternatives (DML 483–492, 535–539)
    IVB Explaining The Diurnal Period Of Tides (DML 492–506)
    IVC Air Movements and Trade Winds (DML 506–516)
    IVD Monthly and Annual Periods of Tides (DML 516–535)

    • Notes

Part III Special Aspects of the Dialogue
8. Science Robust Confirmation of Earth’s Motion
8.1 Scientists’ Judgments
8.2 Three-Fold Scientific Achievement
8.3 Critical Examination and Interdisciplinary Synthesis

  • Notes

  1. Methodology Critical Reasoning and Balanced Judgment
    9.1 Rationality and Critical Reasoning
    9.2 Authority and Independent-Mindedness
    9.3 Sensory Observation and Theoretical Reason
    9.4 Mathematical Truths and Physical Reality

    • Notes

  2. Rhetoric Persuasion and Eloquence
    10.1 Three Senses of Rhetoric
    10.2 “Mere” Rhetoric
    10.3 Rhetoric of Anti-Rhetoric
    10.4 Eloquent Expression
    10.5 Rhetorical Communication vs. Methodological Reflection
    10.6 Persuasive Argumentation vs. Critical Reasoning

    • Notes

Part IV Conclusion
11. Historical Aftermath and Enduring Legacy
11.1 Historical Repercussions
11.2 From Copernicus to Darwin, Freud, and Beyond
11.3 Science vs. Religion?
11.4 Einstein and Scientific Method
11.5 Galilean Approach to the Galileo Affair

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