Collective empiricism at the Paris Observatoire in the late
seventeenth century

J 2022

Collective empiricism at the Paris Observatoire in the late seventeenth century

ŠPELDA, Daniel

Basic information

Original name

Collective empiricism at the Paris Observatoire in the late seventeenth century

Authors

ŠPELDA, Daniel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

The seventeenth century, 2022, 0268-117X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60301 Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.300

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129262

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2022.2106295

UT WoS

000841841600001

Keywords in English

Jean-Dominique Cassini; Tycho Brahe; Paris Observatoire; collective empiricism; early modern astronomy

Abstract

V originále

This article discusses the epistemic practices developed by astronomers at the Paris Observatoire in the late seventeenth century. It compares their approach with the research carried out by Tycho Brahe at the Uraniborg Observatory about a century earlier. The article will focus on three selected epistemological differences between the research at the Observatoire and at Uraniborg. The first is a different way of founding and legitimating astronomy. Tycho understood astronomical research as part of a humanistic philosophical worldview. Cassini and his colleagues at the Observatoire emphasised the empirical nature of astronomy and its practical utility for the state. The second difference was the collectivisation of knowledge. While Tycho approached research in an individualistic way, the astronomers from the Observatoire stressed the importance of collective and coordinated collaboration. The third change was the institutionalisation of science in the context of the administration of the modern absolutist state, which provided research with long-term continuity. The article shows that the practice of collective empiricism connected the astronomers of Paris with other empirical science representatives throughout Europe.

Links

GA20-01948S, research and development project

Name: Idea vědeckého pokroku v raném osvícenství (1684-1740): Fontenelle a jeho současníci (Acronym: IVPRO-FAJS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

ŠPELDA, Daniel. Collective empiricism at the Paris Observatoire in the late seventeenth century. The seventeenth century. 2022, vol. 37, No 6, p. 977-1007. ISSN 0268-117X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2022.2106295.

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ŠPELDA, Daniel. Collective empiricism at the Paris Observatoire in the late seventeenth century. \textit{The seventeenth century}. 2022, vol.~37, No~6, p.~977-1007. ISSN~0268-117X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2022.2106295.

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