The
Galileo affair has been extensively used as a "war" case between Science and Religion. It is known that the first effect of war, whether real or imaginary, is to obscure the truth, since the subject becomes highly controversial and the necessary historical accuracy is often ignored. I have tried to approach this issue from scratch, without any previous judgment, reading directly from the historical sources. My conclusions are then in line with the standard beliefs about the case, but with some divergences which I will discuss in my lecture, dealing both with the personal and the epistemological aspects of the controversy, as well as with its consequences on the development of Science.
Ignacio Sols
