Galileo
"Whereas Galileo spent his last days under house arrest and was formally condemned by the Church for his scientific views, the elder Darwin was widely respected by the Anglican Church and was buried at the Westminster Abbey, an honor reserved for only the most illustrious personages of Great Britain. The reason for the two scientists' very different fortunes is simple: Galileo couldn't prove the Copernican hypothesis but Darwin was able to demonstrate the truth of his theory of evolution." In the world of Galileo proof was what was needed to succeed with a scientific hypothesis. In the world of Darwin proof was not needed for a scientific hypothesis to succeed. There were many differences in the worlds of these two
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His methods were highly unusual; he tried to force acceptance of his ideas because he believed his findings to be conclusive and had enough proof for people to accept. But when the actual facts are looked at it is very easy to come to the conclusion that there was no definitive proof that the earth and other planets orbit around the sun. Galileo in his papers and speeches tried to hide his lack of proof by focusing on only what he knew. His actions on the hypothesis are the complete opposite of the ideas of modern science. In modern science a hypothesis is always trying to be proven like Galileo was doing but it in never stated as truth until conclusive proof is demonstrated. While Galileo is considered one of the founders of modern science is very easy to see that some of his actions were not very scientific. The fact that Galileo was trying to have people accept his hypothesis, as a fact is one of the major problems with Galileo's fight for Copernicanism. Galileo's other major problem with his fight for Copernicanism was that he was too cocky and believed that since his ideas made the most sense people should give up the old paradigm and believe
Copernicanism to be true. If Galileo had been more cautious about preaching his ideas and has spent more time trying to prove his hypothesis scientifically he would have most likely been better off in his later years. He would have avoided much of the controversy that surrounded him by the
There will always be a battle between religion and science, it is a truth universally acknowledged. Galileo attempted to make the two compatible by suggesting that the truth can only be sought out if the notion under consideration can be accurately tested and if the opposing view can be founded as false. Galileo’s goes into depth about the truth of scripture and the sciences, intertwined with the reason of man, in his letter to Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of
In the letter Galileo explained that it would not matter if something in the Bible was disproven, the primary purpose of the Bible is salvation. He also believed that God gave him and others intellect. He reasoned that if God did not want people to gain knowledge, then God would not have gave them the ability to reason or the ability to make new discoveries. Galileo also believed that if the sacred scribes wanted us to have all the answers they would have written them, and that the Holy Ghost intended to only teach us how to get to heaven, not how heaven goes.
In 1633 the Vatican put a famous astronomer under house arrest. His name was Galileo Galeli, and he was one of the most talented scientists to ever walk the face of the earth. Galileo was an early pioneer in the field of physics and astronomy, and played an important role in the scientific revolution of the 17th century.
His aim was to use this method of doubting everything you know to discover what we actually do know for certain. So we can prove them.
Stokstad posits that these ideas have roots in the previous scientific revolution of the century before it, with philosophers such as Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes establishing what we now know as the scientific method based on logical reasoning, educated guesses and controlled experiments to prove them. The astronomer Galileo Galilei confirmed a previous theory by Nicolaus Copernicus that the sun did not revolve around the Earth and that it was the other way around-- the planets revolved around the sun. These theories and practices went against the Church's teachings, and Galileo in particular was forced to take back what he said on his observations. Other scientists made discoveries on smaller scales relating to the animal kingdom and plant life, and artists were used to convey the new-found information by painting or drawing those findings. (p. 756) With the different revolutions and events that took place before the eighteenth century, it could be said that the Enlightenment was just a logical progression and the next step.
Galileo was seen as a heretic at first, causing the church to ban the spreading of his theory, but after several investigation they recognized that the Italian was truly correct. Galileo Galilei was once considered as a heretic, however, centuries proved that he was not a heretic, just a user of the mind’s inquistary that lead him to be scientifically
Developing/using the scientific method; developing ideas about why things happened based on observations/experimentation; scientists now use experiments to test ideas; testing a hypothesis; scientists now publish a conclusion based on collected data and experiments; publicizing conclusions based on observations about the world; making others aware of the data from experiments Scientific Revolution DBQ Document 1 Geocentric model shows that the earth is in the middle and each planet is in front of the other. Heliocentric shows that the sun is in the center of the universe and planets are spaced around it. People might have trouble accepting Copernicus model because they have always believed that God made everything perfect. but Copernicus says it’s not. plus it is what they have always studied.
Professional caution kept him from revealing his discovery immediately. He wanted more facts and a body of theory to go
absolute certain. He utilized skepticism as a means to achieve certainty. To doubt every proposition he
Towards the conclusion of Galileo's letter he offers an argument of truths. The argument basically states this: if the truth of the Bible conflicts with the truth of fact, and two truths cannot contradict, then one or the other is wrong. Since the truth of fact cannot be wrong, except for ignorance, then the scientific interpretations found in the Bible may therefore be in err. Galileo's doesn't exactly feel that the Bible is wrong, he is just providing one more argument towards the difference in science and the Bible. The errors themselves, he states, are most likely due to the inability to "affirm that all
Galileo gave more emphasis to mathematical arguments rather than to experimental or physical arguments in
In summer of 1609, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) pointed his revolutionary astronomical telescope to the heavens under the starry Venetian sky; his greatly important observations unveiled the mysteries of universe and would end up changing the course of scientific thought forever. Galileo lived in an age where there was much status quo, when scientists and philosophers would accept scientific and religious doctrine that had stood for hundreds, if not thousands, of years instead of challenging the accepted knowledge in favor of intellectual progress. Galileo’s scientific methods lead to significant discoveries explaining key scientific laws, such as the
The scientific revolution was one of the greatest times in the 16th century and its ideals have proved to last to this very day. The great minds of the scientific revolution brought forth new concepts and vastly complex while each one is rooted in a basic fundamental. Some of these ideas and fundamentals were of the outside world, aka space, the planet and the stars, motion, and physics. One of the best minds of this time was, of course, Galileo Galilei. This great astronomer was a marvel at his work, he introduced controversial concepts that the church did not accept but those that he believed were to be true. Written by Galileo himself, this letter to the Grand Duchess professed his great discoveries and how they changed old ideas and
Some of the new scientific discoveries consisted of theories which went against the churches beliefs. One theory which was proven true about
Following in his father’s footsteps, Galileo became an accomplished lutenist, which later expanded the intellectual catechism of how the world works. Michelangelo, the youngest of his siblings, was also a lutenist but had financial