Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Detailed Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Galilean Approach to the Galileo AffairPart I: Defending Copernicus1. The Geostatic Worldview2. The Copernican Controversy3. Galileo’s Stances toward Copernican Astronomy4.Galilean Critiques of the Biblical Objection5. Galileo on the Mathematical Physics of Terrestrial Extrusion6. Galilean Rationality in the Copernican RevolutionPart II: Defending Galileo7. The Trial of Galileo, 1613-16338. The Galileo Affair, 1633-19929. Galileo Right for the Wrong Reasons?10. Galileo as a Bad Theologian?11. Galileo as a Bad Epistemologist?12. Galileo as a Symbol of Science vs. Religion?Selected Bibliography