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The Aesthetics of Science

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The Aesthetics of Science book

Beauty, Imagination and Understanding

The Aesthetics of Science

DOI link for The Aesthetics of Science

The Aesthetics of Science book

Beauty, Imagination and Understanding
Edited ByMilena Ivanova, Steven French
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
eBook Published 16 January 2020
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429030284
Pages 222 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429030284
SubjectsHumanities, Mathematics & Statistics
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Ivanova, M. (Ed.), French, S. (Ed.). (2020). The Aesthetics of Science. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429030284

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|20 pages

Introduction to the Volume

WithMilena Ivanova, Steven French

chapter 2|15 pages

Epistemic Gatekeepers

The Role of Aesthetic Factors in Science
WithCatherine Z. Elgin

chapter 3|27 pages

Getting the Picture

Towards a New Account of Scientific Understanding
WithLetitia Meynell

chapter 4|23 pages

Imagination, Aesthetic Feelings, and Scientific Reasoning

WithCain Todd

chapter 5|18 pages

Beauty, Truth and Understanding

WithMilena Ivanova

chapter 6|21 pages

A Plea for the Sublime in Science

WithMargherita Arcangeli, Jérôme Dokic

chapter 7|21 pages

How Can Loveliness Be a Guide to Truth? Inference to the Best Explanation and Exemplars

WithAlexander Bird

chapter 8|21 pages

The Aesthetic and Literary Qualities of Scientific Thought Experiments

WithAlice Murphy

chapter 9|19 pages

Epistemic Radicals and the Vice of Arrogance as a Counterfeit to the Virtue of Assured Epistemic Ambition

WithMatthew Kieran

chapter 10|25 pages

Performance and Practice

Situating the Aesthetic Qualities of Theories
WithSteven French
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