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Philosophy 167: Class 9 - Part 5 - Celestial Motion in Vortices: Descartes' Copernicanism, and His Definition of Movement.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-10-28
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Synopsis: Descartes supported a Copernican model over Tychonian, and defined movement as a relative motion rather than absolute.
Opening line: "All right, his Copernicanism is fairly easy to explain, that these are his diagrams."
Duration: 7:32 minutes.
Segment: Class 9, Part 5.
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Astronomy--History.
Celestial mechanics.
Astronomy--Philosophy.
Philosophy and science.
Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650. Principia philosophiae.
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