> On 1 Feb 2020, at 05:30, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 1/31/2020 4:03 AM, John Clark wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:03 AM Lawrence Crowell >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> > While Aristotle's ideas of physics are wrong in many ways, they are in >> > some ways a bit more rational than what Plato came up with. >> >> Aristotle's ideas of physics, such as heavy objects always fall faster than >> light ones, were not just wrong they were stupid, they could easily have >> been disproven even with the primitive technology of his time. > > The funny thing is Galileo disproved it by the same kind of armchair analysis > in which Aristotle and Plato indulged; while Aristotle relied on observation > (bricks really to fall faster than feathers).
Good point. I read a long time ago a paper, which I lost since, defending the idea that Galileo should be considered as the main inventor of thought experiences. Aristotle is the first to even look at Nature, with many plausible exceptions. Bruno > > Brent > >> That didn't happen because neither Aristotle or Plato or any other ancient >> Greek discovered the Scientific Method. Aristotle wrote that women had fewer >> teeth than men, it's known that he was married, twice in fact, yet he never >> thought of just looking into his wife's mouth and counting. >> >> John K Clark >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv26WfDAKVJFo1qZXw3fP1KR_QvOqymsh7A_JNSHNSb0ZA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv26WfDAKVJFo1qZXw3fP1KR_QvOqymsh7A_JNSHNSb0ZA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/4c791757-e7c6-8c28-8e15-c9c5f0d9529f%40verizon.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/4c791757-e7c6-8c28-8e15-c9c5f0d9529f%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/0AA96A15-16DF-49F2-B324-9911F7233481%40ulb.ac.be.
