Hermes and the Telescope: In the Crucible of Galileo's Life-World

by Paolo Palmieri

Overview

This book explores the life of Galileo Galilei through a philosophical and scientific lens, utilizing an innovative hermeneutic perspective that places his work in the wider context of early modern hermeticism, religious heresy, and libertinism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433131400
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	07/05/2016
Series:	History and Philosophy of Science: Heresy, Crossroads, and Intersections , #2
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paolo Palmieri received his Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science at the University of London. He currently teaches at the University of Pittsburgh, exploring the traditions which shaped modernity during the late middle ages through the twentieth century. His research includes work on the creativity processes at the crossroads of art, science, philosophy, and pedagogy. Dr. Palmieri’s special interests also include early modern science and philosophy, hermeticism, the Montessori method, pragmatism, existentialism, and phenomenology. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments – Preface – Myth – Hermes – Luna – Sol – Jove – Heaven – Hospitality – Bibliography – Index.