Naturaleza, física y superstición en los Pensamientos diversos sobre el cometa de Pierre Bayle: una refutación cartesiana de la cosmología de Aristóteles
Abstract
This article analyzes the physical theory presented by
Pierre Bayle in the new Spanish translation of Various
Thoughts on the Occasion of the Comet. First, it deals
with his critcism of the supertitous aspects of tradition,
and subsequently, it analyzes his position, inspired by
Descartes, regarding the physical nature of comets as
opposed to the aristotelian cosmology, trough the
analysis of five key issues: influence of distance,
propagation of light, interaction between particles,
difference between systems and problem of qualities.