Philosophy of Science Survey: Week 6

Aristotelian Worldview, Ptolemy’s Almagest

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An illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric system by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho, 1568 (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)

By Noon on Monday, February 22

Read and Annotate DeWitt, Ch. 9 on Perusall.

By Noon on Wednesday, February 24

Read and Annotate DeWitt, Ch. 10 on Perusall.

By the end of the week

Review: lecture slides and your own notes