Sheerly by coincidence, I published a similar analysis a month ago: https://meaningness.com/eggplant/remodeling#Copernicus …
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FWIW, I don't think there's anything uniquely "rationalist" about this view of the Copernican revolution. I think it's the standard story we encounter in the popular press/ primary school.
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I’m pretty sure the myth is rationalist propaganda from the 1700s or 1800s that persists exactly because it’s effective propaganda… but I confess I don’t know the details of who promoted it when. Further Research Is Required!
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This was pretty clearly highlighted by Feyeraband in Against Method.
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And by Kuhn before him! (Main source for my essay on the topic.)
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I enjoyed the nuances in this piece about the history of my discipline. The points would apply to current research also. A lot of astronomy is handwaving, as we always try to reach to the observational limits.
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"How should you develop intellectually, in order to become the kind of person who would have accepted heliocentrism during the Copernican revolution?" - I'd say that's a question that is wrong, in a typically LW-ish way.
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