On Trial for Reason: Science, Religion, and Culture in the Galileo Affair by Finocchiaro, Maurice A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Preface and Acknowledgments Contents 1. Introduction: Avoiding Myths and Muddles

Galileo’s Legacy Biographical Highlights A New Approach to Galileo’s Trial Non-intellectual Factors

2. When the Earth Stood Still

Cosmology Physics Astronomy

3. The Copernican Controversy (1543–1609)

Copernicus’s Innovation The Anti-Copernican Arguments Responses to Copernicanism Galileo’s Indirect Pursuit of Copernicanism

4. Re-assessing Copernicanism (1609–1616)

The Effect of the Telescopic Discoveries Scripture vs. Copernicanism Foscarini’s Theological Re-assessment Galileo’s Criticism of the Biblical Objection

5. The Earlier Inquisition Proceedings (1615–1616)

Clerical Actions and Galilean Responses Pope Paul V’s Orders Commissary Seghizzi’s Injunction The Index’s Decree Cardinal Bellarmine’s Warning

6. The Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (1632)

Resuming the Copernican Discussion First Day: Earth–Heaven Dichotomy Second Day: Diurnal Motion Third Day: Annual Motion Fourth Day: Tides Rhetorical Flourishes and Poetic License

7. The Inquisition Trial (1632–1633)

Complaints about the Dialogue Proceedings Begin Out-of-Court Plea-Bargaining Threat of Torture Sentence Abjuration

8. Becoming a Cultural Icon (1616–2016)

The Subsequent Galileo Affair Unbanning Books Rehabilitating a Heretic Proving the Earth’s Motion Retrying Galileo Current Cultural Developments

9. Religion vs. Science?

Conflict and Harmony in the Original Affair A Theological Defense of Galilean Science Conflict and Myth in the Subsequent Affair The Villa Medici Myths

10. A Model of Critical Thinking?

Learning from Galileo Fallibility and Reasonableness Reasoning and the New Physics Judgment and Telescopic Observation Fair-mindedness, Not Sophistry A Conceptual Framework

11. Some Final Thoughts

Appreciating Complexity and Simplicity An Elegant Symmetry

Bibliography Notes

Introduction: Avoiding Myths and Muddles When the Earth Stood Still The Copernican Controversy (1543–1609) Re-assessing Copernicanism (1609–1616) The Earlier Inquisition Proceedings (1615–1616) The Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (1632) The Inquisition Trial (1632–1633) Becoming a Cultural Icon (1616–2016) Religion vs. Science? A Model of Critical Thinking? Some Final Thoughts

Artwork Acknowledgments Index