Galileo

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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian born physicist, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. He studied at the University of Pisa, where he later went on to become a Professor of Mathematics. He left shortly after to teach at the University of Padau as a Professor of geometry, mechanics and astronomy.

Galileo applied rational human thought in the pretext of scientific method to the understanding of the natural world. The term scientific humanism is a form of humanism typified by Galileo's mobilization of the human senses in the context of a supposedly objective and impirical method.

Ley and Samuels draw a clear distinction between the basic tenants of Renaissance humanism and those of scientific humanism which leads to them to condem as 'dehumanising' the science of Galileo.

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