Thinking about science, reflecting on art : bringing aesthetics and philosophy of science together
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Thinking about science, reflecting on art : bringing aesthetics and philosophy of science together
Routledge, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Other editors: George Darby, Steven French, Dean Rickles
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Thinking about Science, Reflecting on Art: Bringing Aesthetics and Philosophy of Science Together is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between the philosophy of science and aesthetics. With contributions from leading figures from both fields, this edited collection engages with such questions as:
Does representation function in the same way in science and in art?
What important characteristics do scientific models share with literary fictions?
What is the difference between interpretation in the sciences and in the arts?
Can there be a science of aesthetics?
In what ways can aesthetics and philosophy of science be integrated?
Aiming to develop the interconnections between the philosophy of science and the philosophy of art more broadly and more deeply than ever before, this volume not only explores scientific representation by comparison with fiction but extends the scope of interaction to include metaphysical and other questions around methodology in mainstream philosophy of science, including the aims of science, the characterisation of scientific understanding, and the nature of observation, as well as drawing detailed comparisons between specific examples in both art and the sciences.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Methodological lessons for the integration of philosophy of science and aesthetics: The case of representation (Julia Sanchez-Dorado)
2 Nature's handmaid, art (Catherine Z. Elgin)
3 Of barrels and pipes: Representation-as in art and science (Roman Frigg and James Nguyen)
4 Is Captain Kirk a natural blonde? Do X-ray crystallographers dream of electron clouds? Comparing model-based inferences in science with fiction (Ann-Sophie Barwich)
5 Interpreting the sciences, interpreting the arts (Otavio Bueno)
6 Deep indeterminacy in physics and fiction (George Darby, Martin Pickup and Jon Robson)
7 Some philosophical problems of music theory (and some music-theoretic problems of philosophy) (Dean Rickles)
8 Kant on beauty and cognition (Alix Cohen)
9 Epistemology as fiction (Adam Toon)
10 Art, science and abstract artefacts (Steven French)
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