Article ID: CBB000077641

Wine, water, and epistemological sobriety: A note on the Koyré-MacLachlan debate (1998)

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Description The debate concerned real versus thought experiments in Galileo's work, in particular concerning the behavior of wine and water when they are put in contact in a particular way. “This note points to a text by Ambroise Paré, written many decades earlier than Galileo's text, that shows the phenomenon described by Galileo was widely known and, therefore, weakens the case for MacLachlan's interpretation.” Followed (pp. 90-92) by a response by James McLachlan, “Experimenting in the history of science”.


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Authors & Contributors
Torrini, Maurizio
Van Helden, Albert
Standaert, Nicolas
Segre, Michael
Rossi, Massimiliano
Roche, John J.
Concepts
Astronomy
Natural philosophy
Physics
Cosmology
Galilean school
Critical editions
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Places
Italy
Europe
China
Institutions
Accademia della Crusca
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