Andover High School The New Science of Copernicus Kepler and Galileo Discussion

Explain how the “new science” of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo has perplexing problems in explaining the place in the world for values, freedom, and God. The purpose of this paper is not to solve these problems, but to explain how these problems come into relief given the changes (from a geocentric worldview to one in which solar systems exist, from a teleological universe to one with mechanistic laws of motion) that thinkers like Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo introduce