Los phisicos modernos quasi todos son copernicanos: Copernicanism and its Discontents in Colonial Río De La Plata

This paper distinguishes four perspectives in the process of reception of Copernicanism in colonial Rio de la Plata: (1) the discussion of the systems of the world in the University of Córdoba by the Jesuits until 1767 (2) the treatment of this topic by the Franciscans in Córdoba and in their conven...

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Autor: de Asúa, Miguel José Cristian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/72728
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/72728
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:COLONIAL SCIENCE IN RÍO DE LA PLATA
COPERNICUS
JESUIT SCIENCE
NEWTONIANISM
SPANISH AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
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Sumario:This paper distinguishes four perspectives in the process of reception of Copernicanism in colonial Rio de la Plata: (1) the discussion of the systems of the world in the University of Córdoba by the Jesuits until 1767 (2) the treatment of this topic by the Franciscans in Córdoba and in their convent school in Buenos Aires, (3) the teaching by the secular clergy in the Colegio de San Carlos in the same city, and (4) the celebration of Copernicus by the enlightened naval engineer Pedro Cerviño in the Nautical School of the Consulado de Buenos Aires. The examination of these cases on the basis of manuscript sources and colonial printings shows that the reception of Copernican theory was an erratic process rich in incidences.