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Galileo and the Rhetoric of Relativity.

Authors :
Machamer, Peter
Source :
Science and Education. Mar 1999 8(2):111-120.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Galileo fit in well with the neo-Protagorian, person-relative framework that was emerging around him in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in Western Europe. For Galileo, all knowledge depended crucially and essentially on first person experience, and at the same time this knowledge was objective, not subjective. Comments on the educational implications of this tension. (Author/WRM)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0926-7220
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Science and Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ590192
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Opinion Papers