The Birth of History and Philosophy of

Nicholas Jardine offers here an edition and the first translation into English of Johannes Kepler's A Defence of Tycho against Ursus. He accompanies this with essays on the provenance of the treatise - the circumstances which provoked Kepler to write it, an analysis of its strategy, style and historical sources and of the contents of Ursus' Treatise on Astronomical Hypotheses to which Kepler was replying. Dr Jardine also provides three extended interpretive essays on the intrinsic interest and historical significance of the work.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations of works frequently cited
Introduction
The Provenance of the Apologia
The circumstances of composition
Ursus' Tractacus
Kepler's initial reaction to the Tractatus
The scope and form of the Apologia
Apologia pro Tychone contra Ursum
Text and translation of the Apologia
The Significance of the Apologia
Against the sceptics
The status of astronomy
Historiography
Final reflections
Index of names
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The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science: Kepler's 'A Defence of Tycho against Ursus' with Essays on its Provenance and Significance

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