terraqueous

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The terraqueous globe theory was not underdetermined; in this case the relationship between the theory and the facts was a tight one, not a loose one.

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An immediate consequence, therefore, which is the subject of Chapter 4, was a radical transformation in the understanding of how the Earth is constructed: the emergence of the concept of the terraqueous globe.

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It is evident from the text of On the Revolutions that the concept of the terraqueous globe was of fundamental importance to him; this was surely the last building block in the construction of the new theory.

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Only later, in 1629, was a satisfactory technical term invented to identify unambiguously this new entity: it was called ‘the terraqueous globe’.

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Again, the example of sailing to America presents problems for the principle of underdetermination: we have seen that although Bodin proposed an alternative to the terraqueous globe theory, it was never viable; not a single person came to its support.

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