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Galileo

Galileo. The Galileo myth Shea proposes that the condemnation of Galileo “is perhaps the most dramatic incident in the long and varied history of the relations between science and religious faith” (L&N 114). Galileo.

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Galileo

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  1. Galileo • The Galileo myth • Shea proposes that the condemnation of Galileo “is perhaps the most dramatic incident in the long and varied history of the relations between science and religious faith” (L&N 114). Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 1

  2. Galileo • Michael Sharratt states that “the notorious condemnation has made Galileo into an enduring symbol of scientific freedom and an embarrassing famous son to his own Church” (4). (Galileo, Decisive Innovator, Cambridge University Press, 1994) Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 2

  3. Galileo • In October of 1993, a New York Times article on Galileo observed that “the dispute between the church and Galileo has long stood as one of history’s great emblems of conflict between reason and dogma, science and faith.” Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 3

  4. Galileo • Richard Blackwell adds that “the Galileo case has . . . long provided many with an ideal arena for ideological posturing for and against both the scientific and religious world views.” (Richard Blackwell, “Could there be another Galileo case?” in The Cambridge Companion to Galileo, ed. Peter Machamer (Cambridge UP, 1998): 348.) Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 4

  5. Galileo • The usual interpretation of the affair: a conflict between a dogmatic authority and a scientist’s demand for freedom of inquiry. Galileo was “a martyr for freedom of thought” (Shea in L&N 119). • Will explore this interpretation of the affair. Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 5

  6. Galileo: Life • Galileo’s life (see sketch of Westman in L&N 98 ff) • Born in Pisa in 1564 • Family moved to Florence when Galileo was 10 • Studied medicine at Pisa; then turned to mathematics Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 6

  7. Galileo: Life • Taught at the University of Pisa from 1589 to 1592 • Then took at position at the University of Padua from 1592 to 1610 • Took a mistress (Marina Gamba) and fathered three children Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 7

  8. Galileo: Life • In 1607-08 formulated a revised version of the law of bodies in free fall. • V  D • vs. Aristotle’s • V W • In 1609 heard about the telescope. Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 8

  9. Galileo: Life • Invented in the Netherlands in 1608. • Galileo manufactured one in his workshop. • Used it before the Venetian Senate to leverage a doubling of his salary. Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 9

  10. Galileo • Then turned the telescope to the sky and made a series of momentous discoveries. • Are mountains & craters on the moon. Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 10

  11. Galileo’s drawings of the surface of the moon in The Starry Messenger , 1610 Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 11

  12. Galileo • Are 4 satellites revolving around Jupiter. Galileo named them the Medicean planets. • Significance of this discovery for the Ptolemaic system: Not all celestial bodies are revolve around the earth. Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 12

  13. Galileo • New stars. • That the Milky Way is made up of a large number of stars. • Earthshine — light from the sun reflecting off of the earth onto the moon. • To Part II Galileo: life ~ part I ~ slide 13

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