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Archytas and Optics

Science in Context 18 (1):35-53 (2005)

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  1. Geometrical Objects as Properties of Sensibles: Aristotle’s Philosophy of Geometry.Emily Katz - 2019 - Phronesis 64 (4):465-513.
    There is little agreement about Aristotle’s philosophy of geometry, partly due to the textual evidence and partly part to disagreement over what constitutes a plausible view. I keep separate the questions ‘What is Aristotle’s philosophy of geometry?’ and ‘Is Aristotle right?’, and consider the textual evidence in the context of Greek geometrical practice, and show that, for Aristotle, plane geometry is about properties of certain sensible objects—specifically, dimensional continuity—and certain properties possessed by actual and potential compass-and-straightedge drawings qua quantitative and (...)
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  • Astronomical and Optical Principles in the Architecture of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.Nadine Schibille - 2009 - Science in Context 22 (1):27-46.
    ArgumentTextual and material evidence suggests that early Byzantine architects, known asmechanikoi, were comprehensively educated in the mathematical sciences according to contemporary standards. This paper explores the significance of the astronomical and optical sciences for the working methods of the twomechanikoiof Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Anthemios of Tralles and Isidoros of Miletus. It argues that one major concern in the sixth-century architectural design of the Great Church was the visual effect of its sacred interior, particularly the luminosity within. Anthemios and Isidoros (...)
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  • Euclid’s Pseudaria.Fabio Acerbi - 2008 - Archive for History of Exact Sciences 62 (5):511-551.
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  • The Astronomical Interpretation of Catoptrica.Bernardo Machado Mota - 2012 - Science in Context 25 (4):469-502.
    ArgumentA Catoptrica attributed to Euclid appears in manuscripts amongst treatises dealing with elementary astronomy. Despite this textual background, the treatise has always been read literally as a theory of mirrors, and its astronomical significance has gone unnoticed. However, optics, catoptrics, and astronomy appear strongly intermingled in sources such as, amongst others, Geminus, Theon of Smyrna, Plutarch and Cleomedes. If one compares the optical reasoning put forward in these sources to account for the formation of moonlight with arguments of Catoptrica, one (...)
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  • The arithmetic of the even and the odd.Victor Pambuccian - 2016 - Review of Symbolic Logic 9 (2):359-369.
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  • Lessons from the History of the Concept of the Ray for Teaching Geometrical Optics.C. Andreou & A. Raftopoulos - 2011 - Science & Education 20 (10):1007-1037.
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