On Paul Feyerabend‘s Comment on the Case of Galileo
The article presents a critical review of Paul Feyerabend's commentary on the Galileo case. Feyerabend proposes to reject the view of Galileo as a 'constipated seeker of truth' guided by reason. However, Galileo's dialogue on the two main world systems - Ptolemaic and Copernican - shows that Galileo himself did not consider the heliocentric theory to be irrational. Rather, he considered it reasonable on a higher level of rationality. First of all, Galileo was 'going against' experience, not reason. He was not concerned with 'counter-induction', but with the defence of his own thought. Therefore, it would be fruitful to revise Feyerabend's argument against rationality - of course, to the extent that it is related to the Galileo case. The Galileo case shows that reason (in science) can sometimes find the truth.
Key Words: Galileo case, reason, higher level of rationality, belief in youself, truth
