Article ID: CBB089758292

Kepler: Analogies in the Search for the Law of Refraction (2016)

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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.

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Authors & Contributors
Goulding, Robert
Boner, Patrick J.
Gutiérrez Valderrama, Juliana
Hu, Zhuqing
Martínez-Adame, Carmen
Bertolini, Manuel
Concepts
Astronomy
Cosmology
Methodology of science; scientific method
Refraction
Mathematics
Optics
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Early modern
Places
Germany
Europe
Italy
England
China
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