On 08 Sep 2013, at 22:39, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
Feyerabend made the best analysis of the endavour of Galileo in his
fight for the truth. No other presented the intellectual work of
Galileo in his gigantic intelectual dimension that was, more even
than the case of Einstenin and Feyerabend presented it as no one
before. Having studied and put clear all the reasoning steps of
Galileo in relation with their Aristotelian opponents and extracted
invaluable lessons for the methodology of science I think that
Feyerabend deserve some respect , you idiot. Please abstain from
insults and disqualifications unless you have enough knowledge of
the case and present your arguments.
Despite I do not like very much Feyerabend, and disgaree with its
overal philosophy of science, I do agree with him on Galileo. Perhaps
by chance or opportunity, the church was correct when asking Galileo
to admit that he was presenting a theory, not a certainty. Galileo was
blinded by its Aristotelianistic feeling and accepted only for the
form. Of course he should have asked the Church to do the same, but
that would have been dangerous for him. (And this points on another
problem to judge philosophers in obscurantist period, they often hide
or disguise their ideas).
Bruno
2013/9/8 John Clark <[email protected]>
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, your reading Feyerabend, suggests that [...]
Speaking of things that give philosophy a bad name consider these
words of wisdom from Feyerabend:
"The church at the time of Galileo was much more faithful to reason
than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical
and social consequences of Galileo's doctrine. Its verdict against
Galileo was rational and just, and revisionism can be legitimized
solely for motives of political opportunism."
No doubt there are those on this list who will try to make excuses
for the above moronic statement, but the fact remains that most
professional philosophers think any provocative statement can make
them stand out no matter how dimwitted it is.
John K Clark
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