Do you know of any cases in which philosophers suggested ways of thinking about things which then got used productively?
Sure. Roger Bacon. Sir Francis Bacon.
Both of whom, I note, greatly respected Aristotle while deriding the “Aristotelian” philosophers of their days, which suggests the problem in the Galileo and Copernicus cases was less defects of Aristotle and more defects of Scholasticism (during Roger’s day) and Second Scholasticism (during Francis’s day).
Sure. Roger Bacon. Sir Francis Bacon.
Both of whom, I note, greatly respected Aristotle while deriding the “Aristotelian” philosophers of their days, which suggests the problem in the Galileo and Copernicus cases was less defects of Aristotle and more defects of Scholasticism (during Roger’s day) and Second Scholasticism (during Francis’s day).