Author: Mariano Artigas

  • Galileo’s Troubles Revisited

    Metaviews 015. 2001.03.07. Approximately 970 words. Below is a follow-up posting to Metaviews 012: Galileo’s Troubles.Mariano Artigas clarifies the circumstances regarding Galileo’scondemnation by the Church in 1633. — Billy Grassie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=From: Mariano Artigas <[email protected]>Subject: Re: Metaviews 012 Regarding Metaviews 012 (Galileo’s troubles), we have received somecomments, that show that the whole thing has been misunderstood…

  • Galileo’s Troubles

    Metaviews 012. 2001.02.25. Approximately 1905 words. Below is an article on some new archival research about Galileo¬πsTroubles with the Church. The article is written by Mariano Aritgas,Rafael Martivez, and William Shea. There has been a lot of recentscholarship, which puts into question the story of Galileo as amartyr for science. The piece below contributes to…

  • Fides et Ratio

     I am Mariano Artigas, doctor in physics and in philosophy, professor of philosophy of science at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. I have entered the decade of the 60-agers two days ago, and was ordered as a Roman Catholic priest in 1964. Even though I am well acquainted with the Templeton Foundation, this is…