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In A Fascinating And Accessible Style, Marco Piccolino And Nick Wade Analyse The Scientific And Philosophical Work Of Galileo Galilei From The Particular Viewpoint Of His Approach To The Senses (and Especially Vision) As A Means Of Acquiring Trustworthy Knowledge About The Constitution Of The World. For Galileo Evidence From The Senses Was Potentially Ambiguous, Hence Reliable Information Capable Of Penetrating The Complexity Of Reality Could Only Be Obtained By Interpreting The Sensory Data Critically. The Philosophical Background Of Galileo's Attitude To The Senses Was His Awareness That Nature Had Not Developed A Specific Language Aimed At Communicating With Senses Generally And Human Senses In Particular. Galileo's Analysis Of The Senses Corresponded Closely To A Fundamental Tenet Of Modern Sensory Physiology And Psychophysics - The Absence In The World Of Specific Sensory Signals Like Sounds, Colours, Tastes, And Odours. -- Publisher's Description. The Arts In Renaissance Italy -- The Historians: The Discovery Of Social And Cultural History -- Artists And Writers -- Patrons And Clients -- The Uses Of Works Of Art -- Taste -- Iconography -- Worldviews: Some Dominant Traits -- T

Author

Piccolino, Marco, Wade, Nicholas J.

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199554355

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy