“The Copernican Question: Prognostication, Skepticism and Celestial order” by Robert Westman. Published in 2011 The piece revolves around Copernicus and his contributions to both the philosophical and scientific spheres. It raises questions about his incentives to pursue and his mindset while pursuing what he thought was “truth” especially with the knowledge of possibly being ridiculed and rejected by his peers. With this it also reveals a feel of the society of that time as we are entreated to the difficulties that Copernicus had to face in order to have his discoveries realized and thoroughly examined, as the philosophical giants before him e.g. Aristotle seemed to have built rat hole’s in place of doors, for the passage of knowledge, in the minds of the people.
Prior to the wave of the heliocentric theory sweeping over the nations, the period was still Aristotelian. This meant that experiments …show more content…
I was primarily focused on how Copernicus’ discoveries directly impacted the society of the time. In this way my view of the scientific community as was one that was detached with instant bursts of eye opening knowledge and change, instead of cohesively lengthy periods which eventually adjusted. Looking at the discoveries as revolutionary- making, the connection of the sciences and the changes of the social structure begin to become clearer as it alludes to change not already having taken place, but instead that a foundation was laid which could foster change and growth. On that same note, it was not necessarily the achievements which were the foundation, but more so changes in society and the way people thought and reasoned. The numbers would always be present, but the mentality and passion with which people began to work was
Prior to the wave of the heliocentric theory sweeping over the nations, the period was still Aristotelian. This meant that experiments …show more content…
I was primarily focused on how Copernicus’ discoveries directly impacted the society of the time. In this way my view of the scientific community as was one that was detached with instant bursts of eye opening knowledge and change, instead of cohesively lengthy periods which eventually adjusted. Looking at the discoveries as revolutionary- making, the connection of the sciences and the changes of the social structure begin to become clearer as it alludes to change not already having taken place, but instead that a foundation was laid which could foster change and growth. On that same note, it was not necessarily the achievements which were the foundation, but more so changes in society and the way people thought and reasoned. The numbers would always be present, but the mentality and passion with which people began to work was