Kepler: Analogies in the search for the law of refraction

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...

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2016

Institución:

Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23348

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2016.05.004
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23348

Palabra clave:

Analogy
Methodology
Optical density
Pythagoreanism
Refraction

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