Article ID: CBB000740426

Otto von Guericke und die Kosmologie im 17. Jahrhundert (2003)

unapi

Otto von Guericke's scientific method was based on reason and experimental science. His cosmology was embedded in theology and can be interpreted as a refutation of Descartes's worldview. He used Nicolaus Cusanus's theory of quantities in order to characterize the space. The notion of space has to be distinguished from that of world or heaven. Forces play a crucial role in this respect described by Kircher in his Celestial journey. Guericke read this work very diligently. In spite of some obvious similarities between Guericke's and Newton's scientific aims and methods there are crucial differences between the scientific convictions and results of these scholars.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB000740426/

Similar Citations

Essay Review Huggett, Nick; Smith, George E; Miller, David Marshall; Harper, William; (2013)
On Newton's Method (/isis/citation/CBB001500196/)

Article Itokazu, Anastasia Guidi; (2009)
On the Equivalence of Hypotheses in Part 1 of Johannes Kepler's New Astronomy (/isis/citation/CBB000932196/)

Article Sakellariou, Vassilis; (2011)
Restoring Continuity in Theory Change: The Kepler-to-Newton Case (/isis/citation/CBB001230054/)

Book Harper, William L.; (2011)
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method: Turning Data into Evidence about Gravity and Cosmology (/isis/citation/CBB001221264/)

Article Maciej Jasiński; (2020)
Otto von Guericke’s Cometary Theory in Stanisław Lubieniecki’s Correspondence (/isis/citation/CBB488225455/)

Book (1997)
Monumenta Guerickiana (/isis/citation/CBB000081590/)

Chapter Fickers, Andreas; (2002)
“Vor dem Zeugnis der Tatsachen muß leeres Gerede verstummen” (/isis/citation/CBB000750300/)

Book (1996)
Monumenta Guerickiana (/isis/citation/CBB000081589/)

Book (1997)
Die Schwere der Luft in der Diskussion des 17. Jahrhunderts (/isis/citation/CBB000078961/)

Thesis Coulter, Christopher Robert; (2006)
Scientific Methodology and Physical Cosmology (/isis/citation/CBB001560976/)

Book Sankey, Howard; (1999)
Causation and the Laws of Nature (/isis/citation/CBB000110139/)

Book Damien Janos; (2012)
Method, Structure, and Development in al-Fārābī’s Cosmology (/isis/citation/CBB028508118/)

Book Such, Jan; (2004)
Multiformity of Science (/isis/citation/CBB000470006/)

Article Yaël Nazé; (2014)
Structure de l’univers. Quand l’observation guide la théorie… ou pas (/isis/citation/CBB774539576/)

Book Francesca Rochberg; (2017)
Before Nature: Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science (/isis/citation/CBB278514674/)

Authors & Contributors
Krafft, Fritz A.
Jasiński, Maciej
Harper, William
Such, Jan
Smith, George E.
Sankey, Howard
Concepts
Cosmology
Methodology of science; scientific method
Astronomy
Philosophy of science
Philosophy
Celestial mechanics
Time Periods
17th century
Renaissance
Ancient
20th century
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Germany
Europe
Mesopotamia
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment