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... Ptolemy's eclipse - predictions had been successful ; but it gave us no reason for thinking that a man's personal ... Ptolemy's astronomical constructions , too , tied FORECASTING AND UNDERSTANDING 37.
... Ptolemy's eclipse - predictions had been successful ; but it gave us no reason for thinking that a man's personal ... Ptolemy's astronomical constructions , too , tied FORECASTING AND UNDERSTANDING 37.
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... Ptolemy . Copernicus knew very well — and had said — that ' the planetary theories of Ptolemy and most other astronomers ' were ' consistent with the numerical data ' . His objections to Ptolemy did not rest on observational grounds ...
... Ptolemy . Copernicus knew very well — and had said — that ' the planetary theories of Ptolemy and most other astronomers ' were ' consistent with the numerical data ' . His objections to Ptolemy did not rest on observational grounds ...
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... Ptolemy had deliberately blocked . So , from now on , I shall set aside the predictivist thesis and concentrate on a different question . For , about any explanatory theory - as contrasted with a simple , predictive calculus- we can ...
... Ptolemy had deliberately blocked . So , from now on , I shall set aside the predictivist thesis and concentrate on a different question . For , about any explanatory theory - as contrasted with a simple , predictive calculus- we can ...
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Forecasting and Understanding | 18 |
Ideals of Natural Order I | 38 |
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