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

DOI10.1080/00033798200200151zbMath0481.01009OpenAlexW4253484732WikidataQ58309312 ScholiaQ58309312MaRDI QIDQ3937348

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

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

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