Book ID: CBB662409369

The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding (2020)

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Ivanova, Milena (Author)
French, Steven (Author)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 306
Language: English

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of scientific theories. Its aim is to address questions regarding scientific creativity and imagination, the status of scientific performances—such as thought experiments and visual aids—and the role of aesthetic considerations in the context of discovery and justification of scientific theories. Several contributions focus on the concept of beauty as employed by practising scientists, the aesthetic factors at play in science and their role in decision making. Other essays address the question of scientific creativity and how aesthetic judgment resolves the problem of theory choice by employing aesthetic criteria and incorporating insights from both objectivism and subjectivism. The volume also features original perspectives on the role of the sublime in science and sheds light on the empirical work studying the experience of the sublime in science and its relation to the experience of understanding. The Aesthetics of Science tackles these topics from a variety of novel and thought-provoking angles. It will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in philosophy of science and aesthetics, as well as other subdisciplines such as epistemology and philosophy of mathematics.

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Authors & Contributors
McLeish, Tom C. B.
Carmen Bartl
Greene, Catherine
Christiane Frey
Kaag, John J.
Francesco Brusori
Concepts
Aesthetics
Philosophy of science
Sublime (philosophy)
Creativity; genius
Imagination
Methodology of science; scientific method
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Places
Germany
France
Americas
United States
Latin America
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
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