A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb
This paper presents a phylogenetic study of the concept of orb from its rise to its abandonment. While a heavy load of literature is dedicated to the introduction and abandonment of the concept, there are few systematic studies on the semantic components of this concept in the Islamic tradition of a...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
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| description | This paper presents a phylogenetic study of the concept of orb from its rise to its abandonment. While a heavy load of literature is dedicated to the introduction and abandonment of the concept, there are few systematic studies on the semantic components of this concept in the Islamic tradition of astronomy. We will investigate conceptual articulation among Arab astronomers by distinguishing the astronomical and philosophical understandings of the concept. While the former mainly focuses on the empirical evidence, the latter emphasizes causal and physical role of the concept’s referent. Such a distinction enables us to characterize some key conceptual components of the concept of orb. Among other components articulated by the Arab astronomers, the hardness of orbs, led Tycho Brahe and his fellow astronomers to abandon the concept.
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| spelling | doaj.art-331af0839b09406280b9598c460c65362022-12-22T03:01:14ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1414-42471808-17112022-12-0126310.5007/1808-1711.2022.e83345A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial OrbMohammad Mahdi Sadrforati0Amir-Mohammad GaminiUniversity of TehranThis paper presents a phylogenetic study of the concept of orb from its rise to its abandonment. While a heavy load of literature is dedicated to the introduction and abandonment of the concept, there are few systematic studies on the semantic components of this concept in the Islamic tradition of astronomy. We will investigate conceptual articulation among Arab astronomers by distinguishing the astronomical and philosophical understandings of the concept. While the former mainly focuses on the empirical evidence, the latter emphasizes causal and physical role of the concept’s referent. Such a distinction enables us to characterize some key conceptual components of the concept of orb. Among other components articulated by the Arab astronomers, the hardness of orbs, led Tycho Brahe and his fellow astronomers to abandon the concept. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/83345Celestial orbconceptual changeconceptual componentsIslamic astronomyhardness of orbs |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Mahdi Sadrforati Amir-Mohammad Gamini A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology Celestial orb conceptual change conceptual components Islamic astronomy hardness of orbs |
| title | A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb |
| title_full | A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb |
| title_fullStr | A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb |
| title_short | A Phylogenetic Study of the Concept of Celestial Orb |
| title_sort | phylogenetic study of the concept of celestial orb |
| topic | Celestial orb conceptual change conceptual components Islamic astronomy hardness of orbs |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/83345 |
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