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Galileo's Refutation of the Speed-Distance Law of Fall Rehabilitated
acceleration freefall foundations of physics Galileo history of physics
2016/5/30
Galileo's refutation of the speed-distance law of fall in his Two New Sciences is routinely dismissed as a moment of confused argumentation. We urge that Galileo's argument correctly identified why th...
The Scaling of Speeds and Distances in Galileo’s Two New Sciences:A reply to Palmerino and Laird
Galileo history physics freefall
2016/5/30
In this reply, we respond to the comments of Palmerino and Laird on our article, "Galileo's Refutation of the Speed Distance Law of Fall Rehabilitated," published in the same issue of Centaurus.
Galileo’s Interventionist Notion of “Cause”
Galileo causation interventionism controlled experimentation
2008/4/14
In this essay, I shall take up the theme of Galileo’s notion of cause, which has already received considerable attention. I shall argue that the participants in the debate as it stands have overlooked...
To explore Galileo’s innovative methodology, I have repeated most of his path-breaking experiments with pendulums; I have investigated the robustness of pendulum effects, otherwise difficult to captur...
This essay attempts to demonstrate that it is doubtful if Galileo's famous thought experiment concerning falling bodies in his 'Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences' (Galileo 1954: 61-64) actually d...
The Paradox of Conceptual Novelty and Galileo’s Use of Experiments
Experiments Conceptual Novelty
2008/3/31
Starting with a discussion of what I call Koyré’s paradox of conceptual novelty, I introduce the ideas of Damerow et al. on the establishment of classical mechanics in Galileo’s work. I then argue tha...
Lessons From Galileo: The Pragmatic Model of Shared Characteristics of Scientific Representation
representation similarity models Suarez' inferential account of scientific explanation Hughes' DDI account of scientific representation Galileo Discorsi
2008/3/31
In this paper I will defend a new account of scientific representation. I will begin by looking at the benefits and drawbacks of two recent accounts on scientific representation: Hughes’ DDI account a...
The Aristotelian notes that Favaro had neglected were made available by William Wallace, who showed that Galileo culled long passages from professors at the Roman College. Galileo attacked several of ...
Galileo Then and Now
Galileo Then and Now
2011/9/13
Abstract Galileo Then and Now (Draft of paper to be discussed at the Conference, HPD1, to be held at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 11-14 October 2007) William R. Shea...
Lessons From Galileo: The Pragmatic Model of Shared Characteristics of Scientific RepresentationLessons From Galileo: The Pragmatic Model of Shared Characteristics of Scientific Representation
representation, similarity, models, Suarez' inferential account of scientific explanation, Hughes' DDI account of scientific representation Galileo, Discorsi
2011/9/7
In this paper I will defend a new account of scientific representation. I will begin by looking at the benefits and drawbacks of two recent accounts on scientific representation: Hughes’ DDI account a...