Kepler, elliptical orbits, and celestial circularity: A study in the persistence of metaphysical commitment

DOI10.1080/00033798200200151MaRDI QIDQ3937348zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. Bruce Brackenridge

Publication date 1982

Published in Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00033798200200151

zbMATH Keywords

metaphysicsarchetypal circleEuclid and Kepler

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of geometry (51-03) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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