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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- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad del Rosario
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23348
- Acceso en línea:
- 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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| Summary: | 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. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. |
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