1. copernican - Noun
2. copernican - Adjective
3. copernican - Adjective Satellite
4. Copernican - Proper noun
Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy. Bryan Magee
I regard it as the irresistible effect of the Copernican astronomy to have made the theological scheme of redemption absolutely incredible. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kuhn's revolution was not yet a Kuhnian revolution, although he dated his intention to write the book that became Structure to the time of his wrestle with Aristotle. What he needed was a historical exemplar. He found it in the Copernican revolution. John L. Heilbron
in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun Source: Internet
a Copernican revolution in modern art Source: Internet
Examples of paradigm shifts Natural sciences Some of the "classical cases" of Kuhnian paradigm shifts in science are: * 1543 - The transition in cosmology from a Ptolemaic cosmology to a Copernican one. Source: Internet