Plato's place in the history of Greek astronomy: restoring both history and science to the history of science

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Dec 1999

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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 87-110 (1999).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Plato, Eudoxus, Ptolemy, Greek Astronomy Instrumentalism, Realism

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The history of ancient Greek geometrical astronomy often is written as a mathematical tour de force rather than history, with technical details of quantitative geometrical constructions the centre of attention, studied as if they were independent of the culture within which they flourished. Much of science is eliminated as well in focusing only on observations and the mathematical consequences of an initial hypothesis about the fundamental character of the movements of the planets. Plato with his philosophical vision exemplifies the influence of humanistic concerns in ancient science more broadly conceived. This study casts new light on both the ruling paradigm of Greek geometrical astronomy and the long-standing debate over whether ancient Greek astronomers were instrumentalists or realists, and also opens to view a deeper and richer understanding of science.

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