The history of science as the progress of the human spirit: The historiography of astronomy in the eighteenth century
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.05.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.05.004</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The history of science as the progress of the human spirit: The historiography of astronomy in the eighteenth century
Original language description
In the eighteenth century, the historiography of astronomy was part of a wider discussion concerning the history of the human spirit. The concept of the human spirit was very popular among Enlightenment authors because it gave the history of human knowledge continuity, unity and meaning. Using this concept, scientists and historians of science such as Montucla, Lalande, Bailly and Laplace could present the history of astronomy in terms of a progress towards contemporary science that was slow and could be interrupted at times, but was still constant, regular, and necessary. In my paper I intend to explain how the originally philosophical concept of the human spirit was transferred to the history of astronomy. I also introduce the basic principles to which the development of the spirit is subject in astronomy, according to historians of astronomy. The third part of the paper describes how historians of astronomy took into account the effect of social and natural factors on the history of astronomy. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
ISSN
0039-3681
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Volume of the periodical
63
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
48-57
UT code for WoS article
000405054500006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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