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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The question is wrong in that it prioritizes right belief over the right action. The real question is what was the right thing to do in that time, and how could you become the person who would do the right thing.
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