On the Theoretical Problematic of Arabic Physical Science or why did Arabic Science Fail to Achieve the Copernican Revolution

On the Theoretical Problematic of Arabic Physical Science or why did Arabic Science Fail to Achieve the Copernican Revolution

A Hegelianized version of Althusser’s concept of problematic is used to investigate the underlying theoretical unity and structure of Arabic physical science (physics, astronomy and chemistry). A contradictory triad (associated with Platonism, Aristotelianism and Ptolemaism) is identified at the hea...

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Main Author: Hisham Ghassib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Interdisciplinary Society 2013-07-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems
Subjects:
Arabic physics
European science
Copernican revolution
problematic
Arabic rationalism
Althusser
Online Access:http://indecs.eu/2013/indecs2013-pp266-276.pdf

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http://indecs.eu/2013/indecs2013-pp266-276.pdf

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