The elusive synthesis : aesthetics and science

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The elusive synthesis : aesthetics and science

edited by Alfred I. Tauber

(Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 182)

Kulwer Academic, c1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The tension between art and science may be traced back to the Greeks. What became "natural philosophy" and later "science" has traditionally been posed as a fundamental alternative to poetry and art. It is a theme that has commanded central attention in Western thought, as it captures the ancient conflict of Apollo and Dionysus over what deserves to order our thought and serve as the aspiration of our cultural efforts. The modern schi sm between art and science was again clearly articulated in the Romantic period and seemingly grew to a crescendo fifty years aga as a result of the debate concerning atomic power. The discussion has not abated in the physical sciences, and in fact has dramatically expanded most prominently into the domains of ecology and medicine. Issues concerning the role of science in modern society, although heavily political, must be regarded at heart as deeply embedded in our cultural values. Although each generation addresses them anew, the philosophical problems which lay at the foundation of these fundamental concerns always appear fresh and difficult. This anthology of original essays considers how science might have a greater commonality with art than was perhaps realized in a more positivist era. The contributors are concerned with how the aesthetic participates in science, both as a factor in constructing theory and influencing practice. The collec tion is thus no less than a spectrum of how Beauty and Science might be regarded through the same prism.

目次

  • The Aesthetic Construction of Darwin's Theory
  • D. Kohn. The Sciences and the Arts Share a Common Aesthetic
  • R.S. Root-Bernstein. 3. Beautiful Experiments in the Life Sciences
  • F. Holmes. 4. Abstract Painting and Astronomical Image Processing
  • M. Lynch, S.Y. Edgerton, Jr. 5. Looking at Embryos: The Visual and Conceptual Aesthetics of Emerging Form
  • S.F. Gilbert, M. Faber. 6. Form and Function in the Molecularization of Biology
  • S. Sarkar. 7. Scientists' Aesthetic Preferences Among Theories: Conservative Factors in Revolutionary Crises
  • J.W. McAllister. 8. Objectivity: False Leads from T.S. Kuhn on the Role of the Aesthetic in the Science
  • J. Margolis. 9. Kant's Aesthetic-Expressive Vision of Mathematics
  • L. Chernyak, D. Kazhdan. 10. Physics as an Art: The German Tradition and the Symbolic Turn in Philosophy, History of Art and Natural Science in the 1920s
  • C. Chevalley. 11. Intersections of Art and Science to Create Aesthetic Perception
  • A.C. Faxon. 12. The Art of Displaying Science: Museum Exhibition
  • H. Hein. 13. From Descartes' Dream to Husserl's Nightmare
  • A.I. Tauber.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA39436802
  • ISBN
    • 0792347633
  • 出版国コード
    ne
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; London
  • ページ数/冊数
    viii, 319 p., [16] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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