Philosophy 167: Class 9 - Part 8 - The New Astronomical Physics: Descartes' View, and Six Questions Raised by His Physics.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-10-28
Description
Synopsis: Descartes posed six questions to be answered by astronomy.
Opening line: "All right, so we end up with two views of astronomy coming out of this. The Keplerian view we've inherited to develop a mathematical account of the motions that yields calculated longitudes and latitudes that at all times."