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

Annals of Science 39 (3):265-295 (1982)
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The metaphysical commitment to the circle as the essential element in the analysis of celestial motion has long been recognized as the hallmark of classical astronomy. Part I of this paper contains...

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The Copernican Disturbance and the Keplerian Revolution.Norwood Russell Hanson - 1961 - Journal of the History of Ideas 22 (2):169.
Methodological Elements of Keplerian Astronomy.Jürgen Mittelstrass - 1972 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 3 (3):203.

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