Galileo, the Jesuits and the medieval Aristole / William A. Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, William A.

Series:

Collected studies ; CS346.

Collected studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.

Galilei, Galileo.

Aristotle.

Jesuits--Italy--History.

Jesuits.

Italy.

History.

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.

Albertus.

Science, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hampshire : Variorum ; Brookfield, Vt. : Gower, [1991]

Summary:

The conventional opposition of scholastic Aristotelianism and humanistic science has been increasingly questioned in recent years, and in these articles William Wallace aims to demonstrate that a progressive Aristotelianism in fact provided the foundation for Galileo's scientific discoveries. The first series of articles supply much of the documentary evidence that has led the author to the sources for Galileo's early notebooks: they show how Galileo, while teaching or preparing to teach at Pisa, actually appropriated much of his material from Jesuit lectures given at the Collegio Romano in 1598-90. The next articles then trace a number of key elements in Galileo's later work, mainly relating to logical methodology and natural philosophy, back to sources in medieval Aristotelian thought, notably in the writings of Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0860782972 :

OCLC:

70310814