Kepler: Analogies in the search for the law of refraction

Carlos Alberto Cardona

doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2016.05.004

Kepler: Analogies in the search for the law of refraction

Carlos Alberto Cardona

School of Human Sciences

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	22-35
Number of pages	14
Journal	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2016.05.004
State	Published - Oct 1 2016

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