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Kepler: Analogies in the search for the law of refraction
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Cardona, Carlos Alberto
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2016
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Elsevier Ltd
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Abstract
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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Analogy , Methodology , Optical density , Pythagoreanism , Refraction
