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born 1473
Nicolas Copernicus
Lived 1473 to 1543, aged 70.
Copernicus
Copernicus was not a public rebel or celebrity thinker. He was a cautious scholar who spent decades refining an idea he feared releasing. By placing the Sun at the center, he didn’t just revise astronomy—he modeled a new way of thinking: slow, mathematical, and willing to let evidence outrank tradition.
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“The movement of the planets agrees best with actual observations.”
- Copernicus
- 1543
Copernicus
Written before 1543; published in 1543
Copernicus didn’t argue that heliocentrism felt right or sounded better. He argued that it worked. When competing explanations grew increasingly complex, he chose the one that aligned most cleanly with observation. Truth, in this view, isn’t about persuasion—it’s about coherence. The simplest explanation that fits reality deserves serious attention.
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Critical Thinking
FAQ
Who was William of Ockham, and what principle is named after him?
Idea Evaluation
Ockham’s Razor is a tool for disciplined restraint. It does not say reality is simple. It says our explanations should not add entities without need. In TST, this becomes a structural filter in idea evaluation: clarity first, excess last, evidence always.
Medieval History
A World in Transition.
500 CE to 1500 CE
Medieval History spans a millennium of global transformation. Empires rise and fall, religions consolidate, trade networks expand, and intellectual traditions cross continents. It is not merely Europe’s Middle Ages, but a worldwide period of structural reorganization and cultural exchange.
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No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Recent protests reflect the timeless struggle to limit power and oppression using checks and balances.
TST Calibration Theory: Degrees of Confidence
If reality is mind-independent and truth is correspondence, then rational belief must be graded — not binary.
TST Theory of Truth
Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.
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Idea of Ideas
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The Idea Theory Framework within the Idea of Ideas is a promotion ladder for ideas to move from speculation to hypothesis, theory, and law.
Particle Physics
The Double‐slit Experiment Explored
Reality may not be particles afterall. It may be more like waves, vibrations, or strings.
Epistemology
Pragmatism and Pythagoras
Pythagoras exemplifies rational pragmatism, balancing empirical insights with mystical beliefs. He reminds us that even flawed ideas can spark progress.
New Ideas
Idea of Ideas
Idea Theory Framework
The Idea Theory Framework within the Idea of Ideas is a promotion ladder for ideas to move from speculation to hypothesis, theory, and law.
Idea of Ideas
2 Layers: The Material World Split
Our ideas about the material world are not the material world. There is a split between reality and our descriptions of it.
Particle Physics
Speculation on Quantum Entanglement: A Missing Mass Puzzle
Quantum entanglement is the link between particles in which measuring one relates to the other instantly.
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No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Checks & Balances
Recent protests reflect the timeless struggle to limit power and oppression using checks and balances.
Sat 11 Oct 2025
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Tue 3 Sep 2019
(7 years ago)
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American Centric | H3-Medieval | Politics
The Magna Carta Influence on America
Trump’s legal team is arguing in the state of New York that the President cannot be “investigated”, nor “prosecuted”. They are claiming he is above the law. Not true, that was settled 800 years ago in 1215 with the Magna Carta and upheld ever since including in 1974 with United States v. Nixon.
Tue 3 Sep 2019
(7 years ago)
Updated 3 months ago.