Subject: Re: [HM] Aristarchus
From: Herbert Prinz (heprinz@attglobal.net)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 17:31:54 EST
Chris Linton wrote:
"It is true that the first real "proof" of the earth's motion came in
1837 with the observation of stellar parallax, but heliocentrism was
an established scientific "fact" long before then."
The quotation marks around the words 'proof' and 'fact' of course
invites the question of what exactly constitutes an 'established
scientific fact' in your opinion. But even for those who insist that
scientific theories must be confirmed empirically, proof came much
earlier than 1837: Bradley found aberration in 1728, ironically while
searching for parallax.
Best regards
Herbert Prinz
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