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The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding
The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding
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This volume explores the relationship between art and science, focusing on representation, values, scientific creativity, imagination, performances, and aesthetic considerations in the discovery and justification of scientific theories. It also examines the concept of beauty as employed by practising scientists, the aesthetic factors at play in science, and the role of the sublime in science. The book will interest researchers and advanced students in philosophy of science and aesthetics, as well as other subdisciplines.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This volume builds upon 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 practicing 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.
Weight: 410g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032337180
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