Philosophy 167: Class 2 - Part 15 - A Crisis in Mathematical Astronomy: the Calculational Equivalency of Three Different Systems, and the Attraction of Pyrrhonism.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-09-09
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Synopsis: Points out that there is no way to choose between the 3 systems if the only form of empirical data we have are observed longitudes and latitudes; places astronomy in the historical context of the mid-16th century and reviews the rise of Pyrrhonism.
Opening line: "At any rate, what I want to lead up to now, and I've got four minutes, I'll do my best with this. What we've got here ... read morein the 1590s is three systems."