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  1. The role of matter theory in Baconian and cartesian cosmologies.Stephen Gaukroger - 2000 - Perspectives on Science 8 (3):201-222.
    Within twenty years of one another, Bacon and Descartes proposed cosmologies which relied heavily on matter theory. In both, the distribution of matter in the cosmos determined what centers of rotation there were, and rotating bodies were carried around by the motion of an all-encompassing celestial fluid in which they were embedded. But the role of matter theory in the two accounts is very different, both in motivation and in the level at which it is active in guiding physical theory. (...)
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