Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2011

Publication Title

Annales Philosophici

Volume

3

First Page

9

Last Page

22

Keywords

History of Science, History of Astronomy, Copernican Revolution, Copernicus

Disciplines

History of Philosophy | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Abstract

Although one would not wish to classify Copernicus’ own intentions as belonging to the late-medieval and Renaissance tradition of nominalist philosophy, if we are to turn our consideration to what was responsible for the eventual success of the Copernican Revolution, we must also attend to other features of the dialectical context in relation to which the views of Copernicus and his followers were articulated, interpreted, and evaluated. Accordingly, this paper discusses the significance of the erosion of the Aristotelian prohibition against metabasis to the eventual success of the Copernican Revolution.

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