L2 - Galileo Galilei, The Assayer, "Corpuscularianism"

Question 1

What would a successful defense of Copernican astronomy require?

Answer 1

A new physics, with an altered philosophy and theology.

Question 2

What does Galileo believe about sensations like tastes, odors, colors, etc?

Answer 2

They’re nothing but mere names for something which resides in our body. If we didn’t exist, they wouldn’t either.

Question 3

Galileo’s belief about heat:

Answer 3

Another sensation that only exists in us.

Question 4

What does Galileo believe to be the cause of heat?

Answer 4

Motion.