TY - JOUR
T1 - Kepler
T2 - Analogies in the search for the law of refraction
AU - Cardona, Carlos Alberto
N1 - Funding Information:
I am grateful to the Fund of research of the Universidad del Rosario (DVG- 146 ) for the support given to the development of this research. I am also grateful for the contributions of Nicolas Montenegro, Juliana Gutiérrez and Juan Raúl Loaiza.
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - This paper examines the methodology used by Kepler to discover a quantitative law of refraction. The aim is to argue that this methodology follows a heuristic method based on the following two Pythagorean principles: (1) sameness is made known by sameness, and (2) harmony arises from establishing a limit to what is unlimited. We will analyse some of the author's proposed analogies to find the aforementioned law and argue that the investigation's heuristic pursues such principles.
AB - This paper examines the methodology used by Kepler to discover a quantitative law of refraction. The aim is to argue that this methodology follows a heuristic method based on the following two Pythagorean principles: (1) sameness is made known by sameness, and (2) harmony arises from establishing a limit to what is unlimited. We will analyse some of the author's proposed analogies to find the aforementioned law and argue that the investigation's heuristic pursues such principles.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.shpsa.2016.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.shpsa.2016.05.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84974722342
SN - 0039-3681
VL - 59
SP - 22
EP - 35
JO - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
JF - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
ER -