A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus
I reply to recent arguments by Peter Barker & Tofigh Heidarzadeh, Arun Bala, and F. Jamil Ragep claiming that certain aspects Copernicus’s astronomical models where influenced by late Islamic authors connected with the Maragha school. In particular, I argue that: the deleted passage in De revol...
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I reply to recent arguments by Peter Barker & Tofigh Heidarzadeh, Arun Bala, and F. Jamil Ragep claiming that certain aspects Copernicus’s astronomical models where influenced by late Islamic authors connected with the Maragha school. In particular, I argue that: the deleted passage in De revolutionibus that allegedly references unspecified previous authors on the Tusi couple actually refers to a simple harmonic motion, and not the Tusi couple; the arguments based on lettering and other conventions used in Copernicus’s figure for the Tusi couple have no evidentiary merit whatever; alleged indications that Nicole Oresme was aware of the Tusi couple are much more naturally explained on other grounds; plausibility considerations regarding the status of Arabic astronomy and norms regarding novelty claims weight against the influence thesis, not for it.
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| spelling | doaj-art-39d6787b17624148a9cddff7cdfda1aa2025-01-31T23:46:01ZengPolish Academy of Arts and SciencesStudia Historiae Scientiarum2451-32022543-702X2018-12-0117A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on CopernicusViktor Blåsjö0Mathematical Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht I reply to recent arguments by Peter Barker & Tofigh Heidarzadeh, Arun Bala, and F. Jamil Ragep claiming that certain aspects Copernicus’s astronomical models where influenced by late Islamic authors connected with the Maragha school. In particular, I argue that: the deleted passage in De revolutionibus that allegedly references unspecified previous authors on the Tusi couple actually refers to a simple harmonic motion, and not the Tusi couple; the arguments based on lettering and other conventions used in Copernicus’s figure for the Tusi couple have no evidentiary merit whatever; alleged indications that Nicole Oresme was aware of the Tusi couple are much more naturally explained on other grounds; plausibility considerations regarding the status of Arabic astronomy and norms regarding novelty claims weight against the influence thesis, not for it. https://ojs.ejournals.eu/SHS/article/view/6876CopernicusMaragha schoolTusi coupleharmonic motion |
| spellingShingle | Viktor Blåsjö A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus Studia Historiae Scientiarum Copernicus Maragha school Tusi couple harmonic motion |
| title | A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus |
| title_full | A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus |
| title_fullStr | A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus |
| title_short | A rebuttal of recent arguments for Maragha influence on Copernicus |
| title_sort | rebuttal of recent arguments for maragha influence on copernicus |
| topic | Copernicus Maragha school Tusi couple harmonic motion |
| url | https://ojs.ejournals.eu/SHS/article/view/6876 |
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