ŠPELDA, Daniel. The history of science as the progress of human spirit: Historiography of astronomy in the 18th century. In Before Montucla: Historiography of Science in Early Modern Era. 2016.
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Original name The history of science as the progress of human spirit: Historiography of astronomy in the 18th century
Name in Czech Dějiny vědy jako pokrok lidského ducha: Historiografie astronomie v 18. století
Name (in English) The history of science as the progress of human spirit: Historiography of astronomy in the 18th century
Authors ŠPELDA, Daniel.
Edition Before Montucla: Historiography of Science in Early Modern Era, 2016.
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Type of outcome Requested lectures
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) historiografie vědy; dějiny lidského ducha; dějiny astronomie
Keywords in English historiography of science; history of the human spirit; the history of astronomy
Tags International impact
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Abstract
In this contribution, I analyze early histories of astronomy which began to appear during the 18th century, such as Cassini’s De l’origine et du progrès de l’astronomie (1699), Weidler’s De ortu et progressu astronomiae (1741), Heilbronner’s Historia matheseos (1741), Estève’s Histoire de l’astronomie (1755), Montucla’s Histoire des mathématiques (1758), Costard’s The History of Astronomy (1764), and Bailly’s Histoire de l’astronomie ancienne (1781). I focused on several specific questions arising after reading of these works. How did the historians and astronomers evaluate the historical importance of ancient astronomy? How did they imagine the origins of astronomy? How did they assess the persuasiveness of ancient heliocentrism (e.g. Pythagoreans, Aristarchus)?
Abstract (in Czech)
V příspěvku se zabývá ranými dějinami astronomie, které se začaly objevovat během 18. století: Cassini - De l’origine et du progrès de l’astronomie (1699), Weidler - De ortu et progressu astronomiae (1741), Heilbronner - Historia matheseos (1741), Estève - Histoire de l’astronomie (1755), Montucla’s Histoire des mathématiques (1758), Costard - The History of Astronomy (1764), and Bailly - Histoire de l’astronomie ancienne (1781). Zaměřil jsem se na několik otázek, které vyvolává četba těchto děl: Jak astronomové oceňovali historický význam antické astronomie? Jak si představovali počátky astronomie? Jak potvrzovali přesvědčivost antického heliocentrismu?
Abstract (in English)
In this contribution, I analyze early histories of astronomy which began to appear during the 18th century, such as Cassini’s De l’origine et du progrès de l’astronomie (1699), Weidler’s De ortu et progressu astronomiae (1741), Heilbronner’s Historia matheseos (1741), Estève’s Histoire de l’astronomie (1755), Montucla’s Histoire des mathématiques (1758), Costard’s The History of Astronomy (1764), and Bailly’s Histoire de l’astronomie ancienne (1781). I focused on several specific questions arising after reading of these works. How did the historians and astronomers evaluate the historical importance of ancient astronomy? How did they imagine the origins of astronomy? How did they assess the persuasiveness of ancient heliocentrism?
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MUNI/21/SPE/2016, interní kód MUName: Od pokroku vědy k pokroku lidstva
Investor: Masaryk University
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