Copernicus and the Aristotelian tradition: education, reading, and philosophy in Copernicus's path to heliocentrism
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1. Verfasser: Goddu, André (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2010
Schriftenreihe:History of science and medicine library 15
Medieval and early modern science 12
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Beschreibung:List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I COPERNICUS'S EDUCATION IN POLAND; Chapter One Poland, Torun, and Cracow in the Fifteenth Century; Chapter Two Masters and Students in the 1490s; Chapter Three The Teaching of Logic; Chapter Four Natural Philosophy; Chapter Five Humanism and Astronomy; PART II COPERNICUS'S EDUCATION IN ITALY, 1496-1503, AND RETURN TO POLAND; Chapter Six Copernicus in Italy; Chapter Seven Copernicus's Reading and Progress towards his First Heliocentric Theory; PART III COPERNICUS AS PHILOSOPHER; Chapter Eight Copernicus as Logician
Taking into account the most important results of the scholarly literature since 1973 and the best Polish scholarship of the past century, this is the first comprehensive study of Copernicus's achievement in English that examines Copernicus's path to heliocentrism from the perspective of late medieval philosophy, the Renaissance recovery of ancient literature and science, and early-modern editions of books that Copernicus used. The principal goals are to explain his commitment to the existence of celestial spheres, and the logical foundations for his views about hypotheses. In doing so, the wo
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 545 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004183629
9004183620
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004181076.i-548

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