Descartes on Refraction: Scientific versus Rhetorical Method

DOI10.1086/353568MaRDI QIDQ3216602zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bruce S. Eastwood

Publication date 1984

Published in Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1086/353568

zbMATH Keywords

analogical reasoningmethod of discovery

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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