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Description acceptable. A Disputation by Pico della Mirandola sparked the development of this idea according to a history of it by Robert Westman, (-5[1])which also describes its selective “Wittenberg Interpretation.” Proponents of this idea derisively named their opponents the “Pigeon League” after a philosopher who advanced an early form of the “tower argument” against it. A dialogue was initially allowed to be published as long as it didn’t explicitly endorse this idea, but was censored (10[1])for presenting too strong of an argument and for naming (15[1])one character after a (*) 6th-century (10[1])neoplatonist. The character Salviati advances this idea in a dialogue featuring the intelligent layman Sagredo and the Aristotelian Simplicio. A 1543 work advancing this idea initiated the first paradigm shift listed by Thomas Kuhn. For 10 points, the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems discusses what idea proposed by Copernicus? ■END■ (10[1])

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