The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism

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Carman, Christian Carlos
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2018
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It is well known that heliocentrism was proposed in ancient times, at least by Aristarchus of Samos. Given that ancient astronomers were perfectly capable of understanding the great advantages of heliocentrism over geocentrism—i.e., to offer a non-ad hoc explanation of the retrograde motion of the planets and to order unequivocally all the planets while even allowing one to know their relative distances—it seems difficult to explain why heliocentrism did not triumph over geocentrism or even compete significantly with it before Copernicus. Usually, scholars refer to explanations of sociological character. In this paper, I offer a different explanation: that the pre-Copernican heliocentrism was essentially different from the Copernican heliocentrism, in such a way that the adduced advantages of heliocentrism can only be attributed to Copernican heliocentrism, but not to pre-Copernican heliocentrism proposals.
Fil: Carman, Christian Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología; Argentina
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Heliocentrism
Copernicanism
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Copernicus
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spelling The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrismCarman, Christian CarlosHeliocentrismCopernicanismAristarchusCopernicushttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6It is well known that heliocentrism was proposed in ancient times, at least by Aristarchus of Samos. Given that ancient astronomers were perfectly capable of understanding the great advantages of heliocentrism over geocentrism—i.e., to offer a non-ad hoc explanation of the retrograde motion of the planets and to order unequivocally all the planets while even allowing one to know their relative distances—it seems difficult to explain why heliocentrism did not triumph over geocentrism or even compete significantly with it before Copernicus. Usually, scholars refer to explanations of sociological character. In this paper, I offer a different explanation: that the pre-Copernican heliocentrism was essentially different from the Copernican heliocentrism, in such a way that the adduced advantages of heliocentrism can only be attributed to Copernican heliocentrism, but not to pre-Copernican heliocentrism proposals.Fil: Carman, Christian Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología; ArgentinaSpringer2018-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/72174Carman, Christian Carlos; The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism; Springer; Archive for History of Exact Sciences; 72; 1; 1-2018; 1-200003-9519CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00407-017-0198-3info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00407-017-0198-3info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:33:43Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/72174instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:33:44.004CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
title The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
spellingShingle The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
Carman, Christian Carlos
Heliocentrism
Copernicanism
Aristarchus
Copernicus
title_short The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
title_full The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
title_fullStr The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
title_full_unstemmed The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
title_sort The first Copernican was Copernicus: the difference between Pre-Copernican and Copernican heliocentrism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carman, Christian Carlos
author Carman, Christian Carlos
author_facet Carman, Christian Carlos
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Heliocentrism
Copernicanism
Aristarchus
Copernicus
topic Heliocentrism
Copernicanism
Aristarchus
Copernicus
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv It is well known that heliocentrism was proposed in ancient times, at least by Aristarchus of Samos. Given that ancient astronomers were perfectly capable of understanding the great advantages of heliocentrism over geocentrism—i.e., to offer a non-ad hoc explanation of the retrograde motion of the planets and to order unequivocally all the planets while even allowing one to know their relative distances—it seems difficult to explain why heliocentrism did not triumph over geocentrism or even compete significantly with it before Copernicus. Usually, scholars refer to explanations of sociological character. In this paper, I offer a different explanation: that the pre-Copernican heliocentrism was essentially different from the Copernican heliocentrism, in such a way that the adduced advantages of heliocentrism can only be attributed to Copernican heliocentrism, but not to pre-Copernican heliocentrism proposals.
Fil: Carman, Christian Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología; Argentina
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