nam a22 c 4500 cvs.11/834008716 nljbp 250625035300.6 cr ||||||||||| 241221s2011 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011035627 9789027282545 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp Q125.2 509.4/0903 23 PDX bicssc SCI034000 bisacsh Controversies Within the Scientific Revolution Edited by Marcelo Dascal † and Victor D. Boantza Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 ©2011 1 online resource (vi, 287 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Controversies 1574-1583 11 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. Controversies and the dialectical texture of the Scientific Revolution -- Honoré Fabri S. J. and Galileo’s law of fall / Michael Elazar and Rivka Feldhay -- Galileo, the Jesuits, and the controversy over the comets / Ofer Gal and Raz Chen-Morris -- Fair-mindedness versus sophistry in the Galileo affair / Maurice Finocchiaro -- From cohesion to pesanteur / Victor D. Boantza -- Leibniz versus Newton on the nature of gravity and planetary motion / Nir Grannot -- The argumentative use of methodology / Gábor Zemplén -- Salient theories in the fossil debate in the early Royal Society / Anna Marie Roos -- Were the arguments of William Harvey convincing to his contemporaries? / Adelino Cattani -- Why was there no controversy over life in the Scientific Revolution? / Charles T. Wolfe -- The pre-Adamite controversy and the problem of racial difference in seventeenth-century natural philosophy / Justin E.H. Smith -- Scientific revolution in the moral sciences / Merio Scattola From the beginning of the Scientific Revolution around the late sixteenth century to its final crystallization in the early eighteenth century, hardly an observational result, an experimental technique, a theory, a mathematical proof, a methodological principle, or the award of recognition and reputation remained unquestioned for long. The essays collected in this book examine the rich texture of debates that comprised the Scientific Revolution from which the modern conception of science emerged. Were controversies marginal episodes, restricted to certain fields, or were they the rule in the majority of scientific domains? To what extent did scientific controversies share a typical pattern, which distinguished them from debates in other fields? Answers to these historical and philosophical questions are sought through a close attention to specific controversies within and across the changing scientific disciplines as well as across the borders of the natural and the human sciences, philosophy, theology, and technology. Provided by publisher. Dialogue studies Discourse studies Philosophy Pragmatics Dascal, Marcelo editor Boantza, Victor D. editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 9789027218957 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/cvs.11 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027282545