Thread: To what extent should (could?) Kant's work be considered good astronomy?
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Old 23-January-2007, 03:03 PM
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If I didn't know better, I would assume Kant originated the idea of the Milky Way consisting of many distant stars.
Why would you feel inclined to think that? No one here has claimed it!

Isn't that a straw man?
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