The Scientific Method of Galileo and its Cultural Implications

Authors

  • Paolo Musso Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria di Varese

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v18i1.1377

Keywords:

Scientific method, Galileo, scientific revolution, experimentation, mathematics, Greek faith and Christian faith

Abstract

This article presents the contributions of Galileo to modern science, especially that of definitively establishing the method of natural science, where not only observation is part of this knowledge but also experimentation, not using the essence of the things, but simply to study some properties, the use of mathematics, etc. It also indicates that cultural factors that favored the scientific process of this time contributed as the Greek and Christian faith in the rational order of the world, the rediscovery of Platonism and the Greek text mathematicians and finally the Christian faith in the creation of the world

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Author Biography

Paolo Musso, Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria di Varese

Paolo Musso es discípulo del célebre filósofo italiano Evandro Agazzi. Ha enseñado Filosofía de la naturaleza en las Universidades Pontificias Urbaniana y Santa Croce, y actualmente es profesor de Filosofía de la ciencia en la Universidad de la Insubria de Varese y profesor visitante de Epistemología en la Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae de Lima. Es miembro de la European Academy of Sciences and Arts y del SETI Permanent Committee, el grupo de investigación interdisciplinar de la International Academy of Astronautics sobre el tema de la vida en el cosmos. Ha publicado unos 50 artículos y 4 libros, uno de los cuales, Formas de la epistemología contemporánea, ha sido traducido al español en 2012 por el Fondo Editorial UCSS de Lima.

Published

2019-06-30

How to Cite

Musso, P. (2019). The Scientific Method of Galileo and its Cultural Implications. Phainomenon, 18(1), 106–117. https://doi.org/10.33539/phai.v18i1.1377