Support for Galileo within the religious orders of the 17th century
The Church and the religious orders that supported Galileo and the pro-Copernican theses in disputes with Aristotelian philosophers.
The Galileo case: the philosopher of science Feyerabend defended the position of the Church
Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Church. We exploit this occasion to publish a reflection by philosopher Feyerabend, whose quotation meant the censorship of Benedict XVI by some professors of the Sapienza University in 2008. Paul Feyerabend was professor at the main European universities as well as at the California University. His approach, as can be deduced, is absolutely secular.
