Where are Sunspots? The Practical Method of Galileo as an example of Mental Model

After the publication of Sidereus Nuncius, in the controversy with Ch. Scheiner, Galileo developed several arguments on behalf of the hypothesis that sunspots are contiguous to the surface of the Sun, and presented them in his Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti (Rom...

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Main Author: Tadeusz Sierotowicz
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Copernicus Center Press 2019-07-01
Series:Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
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Online Access:http://zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zfn/article/view/461