Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Oct 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008pobeo..85..157k&link_type=abstract
Publications of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, vol. 85, p. 157-162
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
The cosmology of Isidore of Seville was for decades underestimated as poor science. In reality, the schoolmaster of the middle ages presented in his writings a coherent cosmology, of which atomism was a part. Although based on authorities, ideas were carefully evaluated and presented, often with alternatives. In his approach to cosmology one can perceive the beginnings of scientific systematization within the available framework. Compared to later writers (for example Rabanus Maurus), Isidore exhibits healthy scientific spirit and resorts to theological data only when other information is not available or the alternative explanation would involve superstition. Recent interest in the anthropic principle also justifies interest in older cosmologies, particularly that of Isidore of Seville.
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