The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding

ISBN-13: 9781032337180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str.

Milena Ivanova; Steven French

Opis

This volume addresses 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.

Recenzje

"The papers are quite consistent and follow a nice structure. Even if you are working on more technical issues in the philosophy of science, it would nice to read some of these papers to have a new and enlightening look on how our understanding of the actual work of science might be extended." - Adam Tamsa Tuboly, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Spis treści

1. Introduction

Milena Ivanova and Steven French

2. Epistemic Gatekeepers: The Role of Aesthetic Factors in Science

Catherine Elgin

3. Getting the Picture: Towards a New Account of Scientific Understanding

Letitia Meynell

4. Imagination, Aesthetic Feelings, and Scientific Reasoning

Cain Todd

5. Beauty, Truth and Understanding

Milena Ivanova

6. A Plea for the Sublime in Science

Margherita Arcangeli and Jérome Dokic

7. How Can Loveliness be a Guide to Truth? Inference to the Best Explanation and Exemplars

Alexander Bird

8. The Aesthetic and Literary Qualities of Scientific Thought Experiments

Alice Murphy

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

Matthew Kieran

10. Performance and Practice: Situating the Aesthetic Qualities of Theories

Steven French

O autorze

Steven French is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, UK. He is a co-editor of Thinking about Science, Reflecting on Art (Routledge, 2017) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Milena Ivanova is Teaching Associate in the Department for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge and Bye-Fellow at Fitzwilliam College