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A Persistent Myth: Comparing Geocentrism to Anthropocentrism and how this Vain Illusion Was Shattered by Heliocentrism — Demonstrating the Importance of Scientific Historiography by Way of a Discussion between a Student and one of His Professors

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dc.contributor.authorSTOFFEL, Jean-François
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-19T08:22:51Z
dc.date.available2023-01-19T08:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://luck.synhera.be/handle/123456789/1727
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.24117/2526-2270.2022.i13.05en_US
dc.description.abstractAccording to the Copernican myth, geocentrism was a form of anthropocentrism because it showcased humankind as being both the centre and the purpose of the Cosmos, whereas heliocentrism, in dethroning humankind from this privileged position, luckily provided a means to quash this point of view, which was illusory and vain, and that even went against scientific progress. According to the anthropocentric myth, which is a part of it, geocentrism is a form of anthropocentrism, while heliocentrism is really an anti-anthropocentrism and not simply a non-anthropocentrism. This article, in the form of a dialogue, questions these two myths, looking in particular for the causes of their appearance, among which is a guilty anachronism.en_US
dc.description.abstractfrSelon le mythe copernicien, le géocentrisme était une forme d’anthropocentrisme parce qu’il présentait l’homme comme étant à la fois le centre et le but du Cosmos, tandis que l’héliocentrisme, en détrônant l’homme de cette position privilégiée, fournissait heureusement le moyen d’abattre ce point de vue, illusoire et vain, qui allait même à l’encontre du progrès scientifique. Selon le mythe anthropocentrique, qui en fait partie, le géocentrisme est une forme d’anthropocentrisme, tandis que l’héliocentrisme est en réalité un anti-anthropocentrisme et non simplement un non-anthropocentrisme. Cet article, sous forme de dialogue, interroge ces deux mythes, en recherchant notamment les causes de leur apparition, parmi lesquelles figure un anachronisme coupable.en_US
dc.description.abstractenAccording to the Copernican myth, geocentrism was a form of anthropocentrism because it showcased humankind as being both the centre and the purpose of the Cosmos, whereas heliocentrism, in dethroning humankind from this privileged position, luckily provided a means to quash this point of view, which was illusory and vain, and that even went against scientific progress. According to the anthropocentric myth, which is a part of it, geocentrism is a form of anthropocentrism, while heliocentrism is really an anti-anthropocentrism and not simply a non-anthropocentrism. This article, in the form of a dialogue, questions these two myths, looking in particular for the causes of their appearance, among which is a guilty anachronism.en_US
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dc.publisherMauro L. Condéen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Scienceen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/abouten_US
dc.subjectAnachronismeen_US
dc.subjectGéocentrismeen_US
dc.subjectHéliocentrismeen_US
dc.subjectAnthropocentrismeen_US
dc.subjectMytheen_US
dc.subjectCosmologieen_US
dc.subject.enGeocentrismen_US
dc.subject.enHeliocentrismen_US
dc.subject.enAnthropocentrismen_US
dc.subject.enMythen_US
dc.titleA Persistent Myth: Comparing Geocentrism to Anthropocentrism and how this Vain Illusion Was Shattered by Heliocentrism — Demonstrating the Importance of Scientific Historiography by Way of a Discussion between a Student and one of His Professorsen_US
dc.title.frUn mythe tenace : L’assimilation du géocentrisme et de l’anthropocentrisme et la destruction de cette illusion orgueilleuse par l’héliocentrisme : Discussion, entre un étudiant et l’un de ses professeurs, manifestant l’importance de l’historiographie des sciencesen_US
dc.typeArticle scientifiqueen_US
synhera.classificationPhysique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre>>Multidisciplinaire, général & autresen_US
synhera.institutionHE Louvain en Hainauten_US
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dc.rights.holderJean-François Stoffelen_US


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