KANT I VANGALAKTIČKA REVOLUCIJA U ASTRONOMIJI
KANT AND EXTRAGALACTIC REVOLUTION IN ASTRONOMY
Author(s): Milan M. ĆirkovićSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804); history of science; Milky Way; galaxy; Edvin P. Habl (1889-1953);
Summary/Abstract: In this paper we briefly consider the role Kant's early philosophy, and notably his “island universes” hypothesis played in the history of astronomy. There are many reasons for this, including the coincidence of Kant's jubilar year with 80 years since Hubble's discovery (1924) of the extragalactic universe. This discovery, confirming the “island universes” hypothesis, revolutionized our picture of the physical universe. Pre-history of this revolution has another aspect, apart from the historical one, of significance for philosophy: it presents one of the best supported and empirically documented instances of the application of the Duhem-Quine thesis on subdetermination of theory by experiments.
Journal: Theoria
- Issue Year: 47/2004
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 95-109
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Serbian
