Kepler’s Revolutionary Astronomy: Theological Unity as a Comprehensive View of the World

Giora Hon

doi:10.1163/9789004282551_008

Kepler’s Revolutionary Astronomy: Theological Unity as a Comprehensive View of the World

Giora Hon

Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

It has long been conventional to associate the scientific revolution with Copernicus’s De revolutionibus (1543). This essay argues in contrast that Kepler’s Astronomia nova (1609) marks the transformation of science, and especially astronomy, from the ancient and medieval heritage to the modern era. However, Kepler’s extraordinary accomplishment has been lost in contradictory historiographies that do not appreciate Kepler’s unifying theological approach to astronomy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intersections
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Pages	155-175
Number of pages	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004282551_008
State	Published - 2015

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Name	Intersections
Volume	37
ISSN (Print)	1568-1181

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Visual Arts and Performing Arts
History
Literature and Literary Theory

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