Philosophical Astronomy Scientific Astronomy

Author : Rhonda Martens
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400831098

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Kepler's Philosophy and the New Astronomy by Rhonda Martens Pdf

Johannes Kepler contributed importantly to every field he addressed. He changed the face of astronomy by abandoning principles that had been in place for two millennia, made important discoveries in optics and mathematics, and was an uncommonly good philosopher. Generally, however, Kepler's philosophical ideas have been dismissed as irrelevant and even detrimental to his legacy of scientific accomplishment. Here, Rhonda Martens offers the first extended study of Kepler's philosophical views and shows how those views helped him construct and justify the new astronomy. Martens notes that since Kepler became a Copernican before any empirical evidence supported Copernicus over the entrenched Ptolemaic system, his initial reasons for preferring Copernicanism were not telescope observations but rather methodological and metaphysical commitments. Further, she shows that Kepler's metaphysics supported the strikingly modern view of astronomical method that led him to discover the three laws of planetary motion and to wed physics and astronomy--a key development in the scientific revolution. By tracing the evolution of Kepler's thought in his astronomical, metaphysical, and epistemological works, Martens explores the complex interplay between changes in his philosophical views and the status of his astronomical discoveries. She shows how Kepler's philosophy paved the way for the discovery of elliptical orbits and provided a defense of physical astronomy's methodological soundness. In doing so, Martens demonstrates how an empirical discipline was inspired and profoundly shaped by philosophical assumptions.

Author : Benjamin Gal-Or
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461596615

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Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy by Benjamin Gal-Or Pdf

What is unorthodox in this book? Much has happened in the last few years, especially in terms of the somewhat surpris ing rate at which the theories presented herein have been gaining increasing acceptance and support even by the most skeptical professionals. Nevertheless, the purpose of this up-dated Preface is not to tell the biographical and acceptance story behind this book, but to bring together some non-physical and non technical conclusions for those readers who find the physico-mathematical sections of this book too difficult to follow. A secondary purpose is to present here some newer conclu sions, especially in general philosophy and in aesthetics. Yet, the main physico philosophical conclusions presented in this book are not to be summarized here. For that purpose one must tum to the text itself. * * * The theories presented here have been developed in total isolation. They were never presented in "professional conferences", as most current writers do. Whether or not that was important remains to be seen. Hence, all I can state to critics and enthusiastic follow ers alike is the fact that I do not belong to any 'formal discipline', 'pressure group', or 'pro fessional organization'.

Author : William Whewell
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338108111

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Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Whewell Pdf

This treatise was written to promote and support the notion of the power and magnificence of God's creation when considering what was then known about the cosmos and various natural laws of physics.

Author : Norriss S. Hetherington
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000938463

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Cosmology by Norriss S. Hetherington Pdf

This book is a collection of contributions examining cosmology from multiple perspectives. It presents articles on traditional Native American and Chinese cosmologies and traces the historical roots of western cosmology from Mesopotamia and pre-Socratic Greece to medieval cosmology.

Author : Evandro Agazzi,Alberto Cordero
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015022051315

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Philosophy and the Origin and Evolution of the Universe by Evandro Agazzi,Alberto Cordero Pdf

Modern cosmology, though a confluence of relativity theory and elementary particle physics, and with the help of very sophisticated mathematical models, tries to encompass the Universe as a whole, and to propose theories regarding its origin and evolution. But this cannot work without the evolution of several philosophical issues, concerning the epistemological status of this enterprise, its implicit or explicit extra-scientific presuppositions, as well as the real sense and interpretation of the theories and principles involved. This book provides a survey of these different aspects, for it gives some essential elements of the scientific background necessary for understanding the main issues of modern cosmology, and at the same time offer a discussion of the problems arising in it; problems which are never purely scientific, nor purely philosophical. Science and philosophy are therefore again deeply interrelated, at the moment where man tries to understand the Universe and his place in it. And this not only because the legitimacy of calling cosmology a science implies the acceptance of intellectual approaches which overstep the usual criteria of physical science and have a deep philosophical connotation, but also because the evolutionary way of thinking, strongly backed by cosmology, reinforces the role of this approach in the philosophy of science and in philosophy in general.

Author : Khalil Chamcham,Joseph Silk,John D. Barrow,Simon Saunders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107145399

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The Philosophy of Cosmology by Khalil Chamcham,Joseph Silk,John D. Barrow,Simon Saunders Pdf

This book addresses foundational questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology. As the foundational volume of an emerging academic discipline, experts from relevant fields lay out the fundamental problems of contemporary cosmology and explore the routes toward finding possible solutions, for a broad academic audience.

Author : Liba Chaia Taub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015029476184

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Ptolemy's Universe by Liba Chaia Taub Pdf

Claudius Ptolemy, one of the greatest scientists of all time, probably lived in Alexandria in the second century A.D. His writings dominated astronomy and cosmology in medieval times. The replacement of his Earth-centered cosmology by the Sun-centered cosmology of Copernicus is the most celebrated event in the history of science. Yet, although there has been much scholarly discussion of the mathematical aspects of Ptolemy's astronomy, little attention has been paid to the philosophical, and particularly the ethical, ideas which animate the astronomy. Ptolemy's Universe is the first modern examination of Ptolemy's thought as a whole, and its place in Greek intellectual culture.

Author : John Frederick William Herschel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009797515

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A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy by John Frederick William Herschel Pdf

Author : Gaston Tissandier
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732631735

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Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry by Gaston Tissandier Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry by Gaston Tissandier

Author : Cometan,Kometanakan
Publisher : Astral Publishing
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Philosophical Astronomy & Scientific Astronomy by Cometan,Kometanakan Pdf

Philosophical Astronomy & Scientific Astronomy is the ninety-eighth instalment in the Little Blue Book Series and comprises the third, fourth, and fifth discourses of the Septidoxy, which is itself the seventh disquisition of the Omnidoxy, Astronism’s founding treatise. The Philosophical Astronomy & Scientific Astronomy discourse firstly philosophises about the distinction between philosophical astronomy and scientific astronomy while secondly, the publication explores the study of hobbies conducted by Astronists. Thirdly and finally, this publication sets out The Cosmodora, a poem with significant Astronist meanings and undertones. The Little Blue Book Series was created and first published by Cometan himself as a way to simplify and commercialise the immensity of the two million word length of the Omnidoxy into smaller, more bite-size publications. A successful series from its very first published entry, the Little Blue Book Series has gone on to become a symbol of Astronist commercial literature and a way for Cometan’s words to reach readers of all ages and abilities who remain daunted by the beauty and yet the sheer extensiveness of the Omnidoxy as the longest religious text in history.

Author : Francis Rarick Johnson
Publisher : New York : Octagon Books, 1968 [c1937]
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015002581729

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Astronomical Thought in Renaissance England by Francis Rarick Johnson Pdf

Author : Andrew Gregory
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472502377

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Plato's Philosophy of Science by Andrew Gregory Pdf

In this illuminating book Andrew Gregory takes an original approach to Plato's philosophy of science by reassessing Plato's views on how we might investigate and explain the natural world. He demonstrates that many of the common charges against Plato - disinterest, ignorance, dismissal of observation - are unfounded, and shows instead that Plato had a series of important and cogent criticisms to make of the early atomists and other physiologoi. Plato's views on science, and on astronomy and cosmology in particular, are shown to have developed in interesting ways. Thus, the book argues, Plato can best be seen as a philosopher struggling with the foundations of scientific realism, and as someone, moreover, who has interesting epistemological, cosmological and nomological reasons for his approach. Plato's Philosophy of Science is important reading for all those with an interest in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Science.

Author : Daniel Graham
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199959785

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Science before Socrates by Daniel Graham Pdf

In Science before Socrates, Daniel W. Graham argues against the belief that the Presocratic philosophers did not produce any empirical science and that the first major Greek science, astronomy, did not develop until at least the time of Plato. Instead, Graham proposes that the advances made by Presocratic philosophers in the study of astronomy deserve to be considered as scientific contributions.

Author : George Gregory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1808
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015063589660

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Lectures on Experimental Philosophy, Astronomy, and Chemistry by George Gregory Pdf

Author : Patrick Bonner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400700376

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Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology by Patrick Bonner Pdf

Viewed as a flashpoint of the Scientific Revolution, early modern astronomy witnessed a virtual explosion of ideas about the nature and structure of the world. This study explores these theories in a variety of intellectual settings, challenging our view of modern science as a straightforward successor to Aristotelian natural philosophy. It shows how astronomers dealt with celestial novelties by deploying old ideas in new ways and identifying more subtle notions of cosmic rationality. Beginning with the celestial spheres of Peurbach and ending with the evolutionary implications of the new star Mira Ceti, it surveys a pivotal phase in our understanding of the universe as a place of constant change that confirmed deeper patterns of cosmic order and stability.