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Title: Defending Copernicus and Galileo: critical reasoning and the ship experiment argument.(Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei)(Critical essay)
Author: Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2010
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: 64Issue: 1Page: 75(29)

Article Type: Critical essay

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