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Copernican revolution


in astronomy, the theory that the earth revolves around the sun; in philosophy, the (analogous) theory that the subject of knowledge does not remain at rest, but revolves around (i.e., actively deterĀ­mines certain aspects of) the object. Thus, the formal characteristics of the empirical world (i.e., space and time and the categories) are there only [..]
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Copernican revolution


The paradigm shift, from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens based around the Earth to a heliocentric model, proposed by and later supported by and others
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