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Full Title
EPISTEMOLOGIA
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
0392-9760 (Printed Journal)
1825-652X (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
1
Journal Issue Designation
1
Journal Issue Date
2012
Full Title
Representation and explanation In Science in the opinion of Galileo and Einstein
By (author)
First Page
86
Last Page
101
Language of text
English
Publication Date
2012/07
Copyright
2012 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
According to Galileo the scientist is a philosopher of nature. But in the opinion of Galilei to study the nature the scientist must use mathematical truths and mathematical accuracy to know for certain, besides the scientist must verify theory by experiments. So scientific enterprise is in possession of two polarities: a theoretical constituent and an experimental constituent. Einstein thinks that scientific knowledge flows from the world of Lebenswelt thanks to new ideas by which we can construct a theory by a deductive reasoning. The experiment gives us the possibility to control theory, but this verification is always questionable. So for Galilei and Einstein science have a conceptual dimension by which we can trace the outline of an objective world.