IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 734: Ordered Universe, III: What Did the Planets Ever Do For Us? - Robert Grosseteste and the Appliance of Science
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Ordered Universe Project |
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Organiser: | Giles E. M. Gasper, Department of History, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | Nicola Polloni, Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Paper 734-a | A Discipline at the Crossroads: Grosseteste's Compotus between Philosophy and Pedagogy (Language: English) Index terms: Science, Theology |
Paper 734-b | Grosseteste, the Weather, and Planetary Impact (Language: English) Index terms: Science, Social History |
Paper 734-c | Dating Grosseteste's Comet: Observation and Report of Comets, 1000-1300 (Language: English) Index terms: Science, Technology |
Abstract | Session 3 of 4: The motion of the heavens was a persistent interest for Grosseteste, from his earliest works to his translation completed in his old age of Aristotle's treatise of the same name. This session explores the appliance of astronomical learning in the calendar, the influence of the planets on meteorological phenomena, and the natural environment. In this endeavour Grosseteste's Compotus marks a notable contribution to medieval calendrical debate; his treatise On Comets an important text raising the question of their physical composition, appearance and perception by human. Grosseteste's meteorological thought, through various treatises, will also be considered. |