El método de análisis y síntesis y el descubrimiento de Neptuno = The method of analysis and synthesis and the discovery of Neptune
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
El método de análisis y síntesis y el descubrimiento de Neptuno = The method of analysis and synthesis and the discovery of Neptune / M. Betancur. - In: ESTUDIOS DE FILOSOFÍA. - ISSN 0121-3628. - 55:(2017), pp. 30-53. [10.17533/udea.ef.n55a03]
Abstract:
The discovery of Neptune was one of the greatest achievements of nineteenth-century astronomy. Using
nothing but calculus and some observations of Uranus’ anomalous motion, Adams and Le Verrier
got to determine, independently, the possible place and mass of a hypothetical planet, which would
produce its observational discovery. In this paper, I will demonstrate that the methods used by these
astronomers were influenced by Newton’s method of analysis and synthesis. Considering this, I will also
expose, that some general epistemological principles of astronomy could be deduced when we consider
these investigation methods
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
analysis; synthesis; discovery; demonstration; observation; hypothesis
Elenco autori:
M. Betancur
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