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

Beltrán, Antonio (Author)

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 89
Pages: 82-89

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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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