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Observations of comet C/1652 Y1 recorded in Korean histories
Open AstronomyWe report the Korean records for comet C/1652 Y1, which have not been introduced in previous studies on historical comets. According to Korean historical documents, this comet, described as bai xing (white star, in literal) or ke xing (guest star, in ...
Bahk Uhn Mee +3 more
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Emergent Quantum Mechanics: David Bohm Centennial Perspectives
Entropy, 2019 Emergent quantum mechanics (EmQM) explores the possibility of an ontology for quantum mechanics. The resurgence of interest in realist approaches to quantum mechanics challenges the standard textbook view, which represents an operationalist approach. The
Jan Walleczek +3 more
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Zygon, 2000 Iconographic imagery in the Indo‐Tibetan Buddhist Tantric (i.e., Vajrayāna) tradition is replete with polymorphic symbolic forms. Tantric texts themselves are multivalent, addressing astronomy, astrology, cosmology, history, embryology, physiology ...
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Computing possible worlds in the history of modern astronomy
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2016 As part of an ongoing study of causal models in the history of science, a counterfactual scenario in the history of modern astronomy is explored with the aid of computer simulations.
Osvaldo Pessoa Jr. +3 more
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The Eye and Refractive Geography in Pericles
Linguaculture, 2017 The paper highlights the cultural constructedness of vision in the early modern period by drawing on heteroglossic representations of the eye in early English texts, ranging from anatomy and physiology treatises to philosophy, poetry, emblems, and ...
Matei-Chesnoiu Monica
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Copernican Revolutions Revisited in Adam Smith by way of David Hume
Revista Empresa y Humanismo, 2010 This paper revisits Adam Smith’s treatment of Copernicanism and Newtonianism in his essay “The History of Astronomy”. I will provide a detailed analysis of all the comments that Smith makes on the Hume’s oeuvre, noting their concordances and differences.
Eric Schliesser
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Classes and problems of natural philosophy of P. Francisco Mendoça SJ
Humanitas, 2016 The author presents De floribus Philosophiae written by the famous Jesuit Francisco Mendoça (†1626), professor of Philosophy and rector of the College of Arts in Coimbra in the first years of the XVIIth century.
Carlota Miranda Urbano
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Planets and the Possibility of Life beyond Earth
ZygonThe question of whether life exists beyond Earth has intrigued humans throughout history. Millennia of speculation have fueled both philosophy and theology, with contemplations of the spiritual state of alien beings shedding new light on that state of ...
Jennifer J. Wiseman
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Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2019 In 2018, Izvori published another two volumes by academician Žarko Dadić, the eminent Croatian historian of science, and author of a score of books and large number of articles and papers on the history of mathematics, physics and astronomy.
Marijana Borić
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Islamic Views on Contemporary Cosmology
ZygonHere, I present classical and contemporary Islamic views on cosmology in both its ancient or medieval and modern definitions. I briefly review the main ideas of Muslim thinkers (philosophers, exegetes, Sufis, etc.) from over a thousand years ago to today.
Nidhal Guessoum
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