Author : Thomas S. Kuhn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 1957
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674171039
An account of the Copernican Revolution, focusing on the significance of the plurality of the revolution which encompassed not only mathematical astronomy, but also conceptual changes in cosmology, physics, philosophy, and religion.
Author : Michael J. Crowe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486315592
Revised edition re-creates the change from an earth- to a sun-centered conception of the solar system by focusing on an examination of the evidence available in 1615.
Author : K. Brad Wray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108498299
"One might wonder if there is anything new to say about Thomas Kuhn and his views on science. Scholarship on Kuhn, though, has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. This is so for a number reasons"--
Author : I. Dilman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 023059901X
Wittgenstein's Copernican Revolution is concerned with how one is to conceive of the relation between language and reality without embracing Linguistic Realism and without courting any form of Linguistic Idealism either. It argues that this is precisely what Wittgenstein does and also examines some well known contemporary philosophers who have been concerned with this same question.
Author : Dave Pruett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0313399204
In this enlightening and provocative exploration, Dave Pruett sets out a revolutionary new understanding of our place in the universe, one that reconciles the rational demands of science with the deeper tugs of spirituality. Defining a moment in human self-awareness four centuries in the making, Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit offers a way to move beyond the either/or choice of reason versus intuition—a dichotomy that ultimately leaves either the mind or the heart wanting. In doing so, it seeks to resolve an age-old conflict at the root of much human dysfunction, including today's global ecological crisis. An outgrowth of C. David Pruett's breakthrough undergraduate honors course, "From Black Elk to Black Holes: Shaping Myth for a New Millennium," Reason and Wonder embraces the insights of modern science and the wisdom of spiritual traditions to "re-enchant the universe." The new "myth of meaning" unfolds as the story of three successive "Copernican revolutions"—cosmological, biological, and spiritual—offers an expansive view of human potential as revolutionary as the work of Copernicus, Galilleo, and Darwin.
Author : Jean Laplanche
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2020-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781942254157
Author : Copernicus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1804175714
Controversial at the time, Copernicus's discoveries led to the scientific revolution, and a greater understanding of our place in the universe. An accessible, abridged edition with a new introduction. Renaissance Natural philosopher Nicolaus Copernicus's pioneering discovery of the heliocentric nature of the solar system is one of the few identifiable moments in history that define the understanding of the nature of all things. His great work was the consequence of long observation and resulted in the first stage of the Scientific Revolution by correctly positing that the earth and other planets of the solar system revolved around the sun. Not only did this promote further study to understand the place of humanity in the world and the universe, it questioned the authority of the organised Christian Church in the West to be the keeper of fundamental truths. Ultimately this would lead to the Enlightenment, and the separation of religion, government and science. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research distilled into pocket guides designed to be both accessible and informative.
Author : Dennis Danielson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0802718485
In May, 1539, a young, German mathematician named Georg Joachim Rheticus traveled hundreds of miles across Europe in the hopes of meeting and spending a few days with the legendary astronomer, Nicolas Copernicus, in Frombork, Poland. Two and a half years later, Rheticus was still there, fascinated by what he was discovering, but largely engaged in trying to convince Copernicus to publish his masterwork-De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavens), the first book to posit that the sun was the center of the universe. That he was finally able to do so just as Copernicus was dying became a turning point for science and civilization. That he then went on to a legendary career of his own-he founded the field of trigonometry, for example-will be one of the many surprises in this eye-opening book, which will restore Rheticus to his rightful place in the history of science.
Author : Hans Blumenberg
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262022675
This major work by the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg is a monumental rethinking of the significance of the Copernican revolution for our understanding of modernity.
Author : Todd Timberlake
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1107182298
Details the science behind the Copernican Revolution, the transition from the Earth-centered cosmos to a modern understanding of planetary orbits.
