Dear all,
We will have our next LIRa session on Thursday, January 21st. Our speaker is Rafał Gruszczyński. You can find the details of the talk below. We will use our recurring zoom link: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/92907704256?pwd=anY3WkFmQVhLZGhjT2JXMlhjQVl1dz09 (Meeting ID: 929 0770 4256, Passcode: 036024).
Speaker: Rafał Gruszczyński
Date and Time: Thursday, January 21st 2021, 16:30-18:30, Amsterdam time.
Venue: online.
Title: Galileo's thought experiment in mereological setting.
Abstract. In the talk, I would like to present a formalization of Galileo’s argument against the Aristotelian view that the weight of free-falling
bodies influences their speed. The formalization witnesses the
application of concepts of parthood and mereological sum, and
recognizes a particular principle that is not explicitly formulated by
the Italian thinker but seems natural and helpful in understanding the
logical mechanism behind Galileo’s train of thought. To locate the
formalization in a broader perspective of philosophy of science, I
will analyze and compare two main approaches to the nature of thought
experiments: Platonic view versus thought-experiment-as-argument view.
Hope to see you there!
The LIRa team