Article ID: CBB620779672

Beauty in experiment: A qualitative analysis of aesthetic experiences in scientific practice (2024)

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A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of aesthetics in scientific practice, with the experiment recently recognized for its aesthetic value. However, the literature on aesthetics in experimentation grows out of case studies from the history of science, leaving open the question as to how contemporary scientists experience aesthetics in their experimental work. In this paper we offer the first qualitative, empirical analysis of aesthetic experiences regarding experimental practice, drawing from in-depth interviews with 215 scientists in four countries. We identify six categories of aesthetic experience we find in experimentation, their function, and new questions emerging from our study.

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Authors & Contributors
Fagan, Melinda Bonnie
Generali, Dario
Benjafield, John G.
Braga, Marco
Bueno, Otávio
Chen, Ruey-Lin
Journals
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Science and Education
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
History and Technology
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Mimesis
Oxford University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
University of Chicago Press
University of Notre Dame
Concepts
Experiments and experimentation
Philosophy of science
Case studies
Philosophy
Aesthetics
Science and politics
People
Cartwright, Nancy
Du Bois-Reymond, Emil Heinrich
Euclid
Fechner, Gustav Theodor
Fraassen, Bas C. van
Galison, Peter
Time Periods
21st century
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
Europe
Italy
United States
Brazil
Chile
Germany
Institutions
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (United States)
University of California, Davis. School of Veterinary Medicine. Radiobiology Laboratory
School of Milan
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