Philosophical Underpinnings of 20th Century Galilean Scholarship: How Metaphysics Shapes our Understanding of Modern Science

20 世纪伽利略学术的哲学基础：形而上学如何塑造我们对现代科学的理解

• 批准号: 2443487
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2443487
• 关键词: Philosophical; Underpinnings; 20th; Century; Galilean

Modern science started with Galileo's heroic break with medieval and theological superstition - or so many of us were told. This traditional narrative was subjected to critical scrutiny by 20th century scholars. Yet their detailed studies led to strikingly different conclusions about Galileo. Some confirmed the traditional narrative, emphasising Galileo's experimental work. Others argued that Galileo's 'physics' described a non-empirical, mathematical realm. A third group described him as largely unoriginal, a figure immersed in his contemporary controversies. Who is right? My hypothesis is that these different assessments can be traced to fundamental philosophical differences among the historians who advance them.

现代科学始于伽利略英勇地打破中世纪和神学迷信--或者说我们许多人都是这么被告知的。这种传统的叙述受到了20世纪世纪学者的批判性审查。然而，他们的详细研究导致了关于伽利略的截然不同的结论。有些人证实了传统的叙述，强调伽利略的实验工作。其他人则认为伽利略的“物理学”描述了一个非经验的数学领域。第三类人认为他基本上没有独创性，是一个沉浸在当代争议中的人物。谁是对的？我的假设是，这些不同的评价可以追溯到提出这些评价的历史学家之间的基本哲学差异。