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Talk:Geocentric theory (view source)
Revision as of 01:25, November 4, 2008
, 01:25, November 4, 2008→Jupiter moons: Astronomers also use words like sunset and sunrise
: Ed, your example of sunrise and sunset is not good, because that's a case of humans generally (not astronomy ''per se'') using the language of appearance (i.e. how it appears to us). The rest of your post gets to the point more, but geocentricism is not giving bodies co-ordinates relative to Earth (as we still do when appropriate), but the ''belief'' that they all actually revolve around the Earth. This ''belief'' is not really a philosophical one in the sense that science can't say whether it's true or false, but that doesn't rule out philosophy being the basis of the belief in the first place. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 19:49, 3 November 2008 (EST)
: Ed, your example of sunrise and sunset is not good, because that's a case of humans generally (not astronomy ''per se'') using the language of appearance (i.e. how it appears to us). The rest of your post gets to the point more, but geocentricism is not giving bodies co-ordinates relative to Earth (as we still do when appropriate), but the ''belief'' that they all actually revolve around the Earth. This ''belief'' is not really a philosophical one in the sense that science can't say whether it's true or false, but that doesn't rule out philosophy being the basis of the belief in the first place. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 19:49, 3 November 2008 (EST)
:: Astronomers also use words like sunset and sunrise. Are you proposing to write something about the philosophical beliefs of people in history? How are you going to figure out the basis for their beliefs? Maybe a couple of people said so, but not many. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 20:25, 3 November 2008 (EST)