Criticism of modern scientific practice copy 2
October 18th, 2022
Criticism of Modern Scientific Practice
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Martin Heidegger, in his classic work titled “What is Thing,” also offers
a very insightful criticism of modern scientific practice. His first view on
Galileo Galilei and his well-known experiment at the Tower of Pisa,
which was designed to demonstrate that 46 things of varying sizes fall at
the same rate. Heidegger pointed out that the items did not, in fact,
collide with the ground at the same moment, but that it was only after
taking into account elements such as air resistance that it was established
that the objects were descending at the same speed.
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