A Revolution in Science

Tuesday, September 27, 2022


Galileo Galilei, portrait by Justus Sustermans, 1636

Read before class:

  • Bacon, Novum Organum, The Advancement of Learning (CP 24); (Readings in Epistemology, hereafter RE 3-10)
  • Galileo, The Assayer, Letter to Grand Duchess Christina (ICCW 786-799)
  • Bellarmine, “Letter on Galileo’s Theories” (CP 25-26)
  • Newton, Principia, (ICCW 849-852)

First Paper Due