Synopsis: Kepler's Original Justification for the Two "Laws": The Context of Discovery versus the Context of Justification -- The Evidential Argument for the Latitudes of Mars -- The Evidential Argument for the Ellipse -- The Evidential Argument for the Area Rule -- Some Standard Objections to the Arguments -- A Contrasting View of Scientific Evidence -- A Defense of the Evidential Arguments for ... read moreMars -- Select Sources.
Generally corresponds to the video segment: Class 3, Part 14.read less