Research Catalog

Title

Thinking about science, reflecting on art : bringing aesthetics and philosophy of science together / edited by Otávio Bueno, George Darby, Steven French and Dean Rickles.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bueno, Otávio
• Darby, George (Philosopher)
• Rickles, Dean

Description

ix, 192 pages : 1 illustration; 24 cm

Summary

"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."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Aesthetics
• Science > Philosophy
• Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Methodological lessons for the integration of philosophy of science and aesthetics : the case of representation / Julia Sánchez-Dorado -- Nature's handmaid, art / Catherine Z. Elgin -- Of barrels and pipes : representation-as in art and science / Roman Frigg and James Nguyen -- 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 -- Interpreting the sciences, interpreting the arts / Otávio Bueno -- Deep indeterminacy in physics and fiction / George Darby, Martin Pickup and Joh Robson -- Some philosophical problems of music theory (and some music-theoretic problems of philosophy) / Dean Rickles -- Kant on beauty and cognition / Alix Cohen -- Epistemology as fiction / Adam Toon -- Art, science and abstract artefacts / Steven French.

Call Number

JFE 19-11065

ISBN

• 9781138687325
• 1138687324
• 9781315114927 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017008945

OCLC

975369613

Title

Thinking about science, reflecting on art : bringing aesthetics and philosophy of science together / edited by Otávio Bueno, George Darby, Steven French and Dean Rickles.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

ED: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.

Added Author

Bueno, Otávio, editor.

Darby, George (Philosopher), editor.

Rickles, Dean, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Thinking about science, reflecting on art New York : Routledge, 2017 9781315114927 (DLC) 2017031038

Research Call Number

JFE 19-11065