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Re:First, Let's Shoot All the Philosophers by jackfoxy on Sunday July 24, 2011 @12:11PM (#2799649)
One can argue philosophers, or a philosopher, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon, developed the scientific method. Bacon and Galileo were contemporaries. I don’t know if either influenced the other at all. Maybe they each independently discovered modern science.
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Re:First, Let's Shoot All the Philosophers by davesims on Sunday July 24, 2011 @06:27PM (#2800524)
Galileo was a first-rate philosopher of science as well as a scientist. He was a contemporary and co-belligerent with Bacon in laying the foundation of modern science. His role as a serious philosopher is often overlooked.
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