Philosophers of science—such as Charles Sanders Peirce, Norwood Russell Hanson, Stephen Toulmin, and Karl Popper—have repeatedly turned to Kepler: examples of incommensurability, analogical reasoning, falsification, and many other philosophical concepts have been found in Kepler's work.
Indflydelsesrige videnskabsfilosoffer — såsom Charles Sanders Peirce, Norwood Russell Hanson, Stephen Toulmin og Karl Popper — har gentagne gange søgt til Kepler: eksempler på inkommensurabilitet, analogisk argumentation, falsifikation og mange andre filosofiske begreber er blevet fundet i Keplers værker.