Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Views

05/26/2016

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by   Craig Alan Feinstein, et al.

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In 1632, Galileo Galilei wrote a book called Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems which compared the new Copernican model of the universe with the old Ptolemaic model. His book took the form of a dialogue between three philosophers, Salviati, a proponent of the Copernican model, Simplicio, a proponent of the Ptolemaic model, and Sagredo, who was initially open-minded and neutral. In this paper, I am going to use Galileo's idea to present a dialogue between three modern philosophers, Mr. Spock, a proponent of the view that 𝖯≠𝖭𝖯, Professor Simpson, a proponent of the view that 𝖯 = 𝖭𝖯, and Judge Wapner, who is initially open-minded and neutral.