The god of theologians and the god of astronomers

Pera, Marcello

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“…A complementary account has been given by Marcello Pera (1998). Approaching the topic from a very different angle, Pera argues that the trial of Galileo involved a conflict between two principles: (1) that science can investigate any factual question and end up rejecting any factual claim; and (2) that some factual questions are essential to religious faith and cannot be rejected by a believer, on pain of abandoning religion.…”

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Defending Copernicus and Galileo

Finocchiaro

2009

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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Section: Conflictual Accountsmentioning

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Defending Copernicus and Galileo

Finocchiaro

2009

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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“…https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269889701000357 the past but also in the present (Blackwell 1998, 359). For Pera (Pera 1998), religion and science are in principle irreconcilable in a transhistorical, transcultural sense. In the context of the Catholic project that encourages a dialogue between religion and science the inevitablity of the conflict is very differently understood, however.…”

Section: Epiloguementioning

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recent narratives on galileo and the church: or the three dogmas of the counter-reformation

feldhay¹

2001

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this article confronts an old-new orientation in the historiographical literature on the “galileo affair.” it argues that a varied group of historians moved by different cultural forces in the last decade of the twentieth century tends to crystallize a consensus about the inevitability of the conflict between galileo and the church and its outcome in the trial of 1633. the “neo-conflictualists” — as i call them — have built their case by adhering to and developing the “three dogmas of the counter-reformation”: church authoritarianism is portrayed by them as verging towards “totalitarianism.” a preference for a literal reading of the scriptures is understood as a mode of “fundamentalism.” and mild skeptical positions in astronomy are read as expressions of “instrumentalism,” or “fictionalism.” the main thrust of the article lies in an attempt to historicize these three aspects of the catholic reform movement. finally, the lacunae in insufficiently explored historiographical landscape are delineated in order to tame the temptation to embrace the three dogmas, and to modify the radical conflictualist version of the story of galileo and the church.

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“…For Blackwell, casting the story in terms of an inevitable conflict directly leads to a more general statement of the inherent antagonism between Catholic authoritarianism and modern science not only in the past but also in the present (Blackwell 1998, 359). For Pera (Pera 1998), religion and science are in principle irreconcilable in a transhistorical, transcultural sense. In the context of the Catholic project that encourages a dialogue between religion and science the inevitablity of the conflict is very differently understood, however.…”

Section: Epiloguementioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Narratives on Galileo and the Church: or The Three Dogmas of the Counter-Reformation

Feldhay

2000

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The ArgumentThis article confronts an old-new orientation in the historiographical literature on the “Galileo affair.” It argues that a varied group of historians moved by different cultural forces in the last decade of the twentieth century tends to crystallize a consensus about the inevitability of the conflict between Galileo and the Church and its outcome in the trial of 1633. The “neo-conflictualists” — as I call them — have built their case by adhering to and developing the “three dogmas of the Counter-Reformation”: Church authoritarianism is portrayed by them as verging towards “totalitarianism.” A preference for a literal reading of the Scriptures is understood as a mode of “fundamentalism.” And mild skeptical positions in astronomy are read as expressions of “instrumentalism,” or “fictionalism.” The main thrust of the article lies in an attempt to historicize these three aspects of the Catholic reform movement. Finally, the lacunae in insufficiently explored historiographical landscape are delineated in order to tame the temptation to embrace the three dogmas, and to modify the radical conflictualist version of the story of Galileo and the Church.

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The god of theologians and the god of astronomers

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Defending Copernicus and Galileo

Defending Copernicus and Galileo

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