Novelties in the heavens : rhetoric and science in the Copernican controversy
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Novelties in the heavens : rhetoric and science in the Copernican controversy
University of Chicago Press, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-342) and index
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: alk. paper ISBN 9780226542348
内容説明
In this fascinating work, Jean Dietz Moss shows how the scientific revolution begun by Copernicus brought about another revolution as well--one in which rhetoric, previously used simply to explain scientific thought, became a tool for persuading a skeptical public of the superiority of the Copernican system. Moss describes the nature of dialectical and rhetorical discourse in the period of the Copernican debate to shed new light on the argumentative strategies used by the participants. Against the background of Ptolemy's Almagest, she analyzes the gradual increase of rhetoric beginning with Copernicus's De Revolutionibus and Galileo's Siderius nuncius, through Galileo's debates with the Jesuits Scheiner and Grassi, to the most persuasive work of all, Galileo's Dialogue. The arguments of the Dominicans Bruno and Campanella, the testimony of Johannes Kepler, and the pleas of Scriptural exegetes and the speculations of John Wilkins furnish a counterpoint to the writings of Galileo, the centerpiece of this study. The author places the controversy within its historical frame, creating a coherent narrative movement.
She illuminates the reactions of key ecclesiastical and academic figures figures and the general public to the issues. Blending history and rhetorical analysis, this first study to look at rhetoric as defined by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century participants is an original contribution to our understanding of the use of persuasion as an instrument of scientific debate.
目次
Chapter 1: The Expansion of Rhetoric into Science Part One: The Celestial Revolution Chapter 2: Copernicus' Revolutionary Thesis Chapter 3: Evidence from the Heavens: Galileo and Kepler Chapter 4: The Significance of the Sunspot Quarrel Part Two: The Hermeneutical Crisis Chapter 5: Interpreting Scripture Chapter 6: Dominicans on the Side of Galileo Chapter Chapter 7: Galileo's Appeal to the Church Part Three: The Triumph of Rhetoric Chapter 8: The Delicate Balance: Galileo versus Grassi Chapter 9: The Final Salve: Galileo's Dialogue Chapter 10: Galileo Interpreted for Englishmen Postscript: Dialectic and Rhetoric in Modern Science
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: pbk ISBN 9780226542355
内容説明
In this fascinating work, Jean Dietz Moss shows how the scientific revolution begun by Copernicus brought about another revolution as well-one in which rhetoric, previously used simply to explain scientific thought, became a tool for persuading a skeptical public of the superiority of the Copernican system.
Moss describes the nature of dialectical and rhetorical discourse in the period of the Copernican debate to shed new light on the argumentative strategies used by the participants. Against the background of Ptolemy's Almagest, she analyzes the gradual increase of rhetoric beginning with Copernicus's De Revolutionibus and Galileo's Siderius nuncius, through Galileo's debates with the Jesuits Scheiner and Grassi, to the most persuasive work of all, Galileo's Dialogue. The arguments of the Dominicans Bruno and Campanella, the testimony of Johannes Kepler, and the pleas of Scriptural exegetes and the speculations of John Wilkins furnish a counterpoint to the writings of Galileo, the centerpiece of this study.
The author places the controversy within its historical frame, creating a coherent narrative movement. She illuminates the reactions of key ecclesiastical and academic figures figures and the general public to the issues.
Blending history and rhetorical analysis, this first study to look at rhetoric as defined by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century participants is an original contribution to our understanding of the use of persuasion as an instrument of scientific debate.
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