Copernicus and the Aristotelian tradition [electronic resource] : education, reading, and philosophy in Copernicus's path to heliocentrism / by Andé Goddu.

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ISBN:

9789004183629

9781282952164

Title:

Copernicus and the Aristotelian tradition [electronic resource] : education, reading, and philosophy in Copernicus's path to heliocentrism / by Andé Goddu.

Author:

Goddu, André, 1945-

Personal Author:

Goddu, André, 1945-

Publication Information:

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 545 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Series:

History of science and medicine library, v. 15

Medieval and early modern science ; v. 12

Contents:

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.

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Subject Term:

Astronomy -- History -- 16th century.

Cosmology -- History -- 16th century.

Science -- History -- 16th century.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Summary

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 work elucidates the logical and philosophical background that contributed to his accomplishments, and explains the limitations of his achievement.

Medieval and Early Modern Science , 12