... then create it. Bronowski explains in detail how the mind creates new concepts with imagination: "Yet seeing is also imagining. Galileo did challenge the authority of Aristotle But the eye that Galileo used was the mind's eye- (Bronowski, p.3) Bronowski refers to Galileo's theory and experiment of dropping two balls by imagining it in his own mind; therefore, the imaginary experiment has made the ... ...

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... Western World. People had based their families, societies, kingdoms and livelihood on the information based in the Bible, information which, until the 1500's had not been challenged. The theories of Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton had challenged the beliefs of many Catholics; it seemed to them that their trust in the Bible was being questioned. For many it was too much ... Cambridge University, students are told to assume "the truth ... that the existing species of plants and animals have been derived by generation from others widely different."" With the theories of Galileo, the Church ha...

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... ] Each domain has its own distinctive questions, rules, and criteria of judgment. Gould discusses various historical cases in which religious leaders took dogmatic stands outside their field of competence, from Galileo to the Arkansas creationism trial. But he is equally critical of scientists who try to derive philosophical, theological, or ethical conclusions from science. He rejects the attempts of sociobiologists to ... ...

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... . Since the Second World War, however, Eugenics has all but vanished from the more industrialized nations. Darwin's theories have encountered as much resistance as many of those before him, including Galileo and Newton, in large part because of their intended applications on humans as well as other animals. They have enabled us to view ourselves in a more objective, open-minded way ... ...

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