The Science Of Aesthetics

Author : Milena Ivanova,Steven French
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429638558

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The Aesthetics of Science by Milena Ivanova,Steven French Pdf

This volume builds on 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 practising 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.

Author : Arthur P. Shimamura,Stephen E. Palmer
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199732142

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Aesthetic Science by Arthur P. Shimamura,Stephen E. Palmer Pdf

What do we do when we view a work of art? What does it mean to have an 'aesthetic' experience? Are such experiences purely in the eye of the beholder? This book addresses the nature of aesthetic experience from the perspectives of philosophy psychology and neuroscience.

Author : A.I. Tauber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0792347633

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The Elusive Synthesis by A.I. Tauber Pdf

An anthology of 13 original essays clustering around two notions: that scientific experience is laden with an emotive content of the beautiful that is manifest both in the conceptualization and presentation of specific data and in the broader theoretical formulations that bind details into unitary wholes; and that science and aesthetics may share a deep philosophical foundation, but if so it has become increasingly difficult to discern in the 20th century. The topics include the aesthetic construction of Darwin's theory, form and function in the molecularization of biology, Kant's aesthetic-expressive vision of mathematics, and the art of displaying science in museum exhibitions. No subject index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Otávio Bueno,George Darby,Steven French,Dean Rickles
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032569867

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Thinking about Science, Reflecting on Art by Otávio Bueno,George Darby,Steven French,Dean Rickles Pdf

Thinking about Science, Relecting on Art is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between the philosophy of science and aesthetics.

Author : Alexander Wragge-Morley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226680866

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Aesthetic Science by Alexander Wragge-Morley Pdf

The scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting the symbolic and moral goals of Renaissance natural history in favor of plainly representing the world as it really was. In Aesthetic Science, Alexander Wragge-Morley challenges this interpretation by arguing that key figures such as John Ray, Robert Boyle, Nehemiah Grew, Robert Hooke, and Thomas Willis saw the study of nature as an aesthetic project. To show how early modern naturalists conceived of the interplay between sensory experience and the production of knowledge, Aesthetic Science explores natural-historical and anatomical works of the Royal Society through the lens of the aesthetic. By underscoring the importance of subjective experience to the communication of knowledge about nature, Wragge-Morley offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of scientific representation in the early modern period and brings to light the hitherto overlooked role of aesthetic experience in the history of the empirical sciences.

Author : Zoï Kapoula,Marine Vernet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319462332

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Aesthetics and Neuroscience by Zoï Kapoula,Marine Vernet Pdf

This edited monograph provides a compelling analysis of the interplay between neuroscience and aesthetics. The book broaches a wide spectrum of topics including, but not limited to, mathematics and creator algorithms, neurosciences of artistic creativity, paintings and dynamical systems as well as computational research for architecture. The international authorship is genuinely interdisciplinary and the target audience primarily comprises readers interested in transdisciplinary research between neuroscience and the broad field of aesthetics.

Author : Alberto Bellocchi,Cassie Quigley,Kathrin Otrel-Cass
Publisher : Springer
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319433530

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Exploring Emotions, Aesthetics and Wellbeing in Science Education Research by Alberto Bellocchi,Cassie Quigley,Kathrin Otrel-Cass Pdf

This book addresses new research directions focusing on the emotional and aesthetic nature of teaching and learning science informing more general insights about wellbeing. It considers methodological traditions including those informed by philosophy, sociology, psychology and education and how they contribute to our understanding of science education. In this collection, the authors provide accounts of the underlying ontological, epistemological, methodological perspectives and theoretical assumptions that inform their work and that of others. Each chapter provides a perspective on the study of emotion, aesthetics or wellbeing, using empirical examples or a discussion of existing literature to unpack the theoretical and philosophical traditions inherent in those works. This volume offers a diverse range of approaches for anyone interested in researching emotions, aesthetics, or wellbeing. It is ideal for research students who are confronted with a cosmos of research perspectives, but also for established researchers in various disciplines with an interest in researching emotions, affect, aesthetics, or wellbeing.

Author : Henry Noble Day
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : UCAL:$B285882

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The Science of Aesthetics, Or, The Nature, Kinds, Laws, and Uses of Beauty by Henry Noble Day Pdf

Author : Judith Wechsler
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005075075

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On Aesthetics in Science by Judith Wechsler Pdf

Author : Henry Noble Day
Publisher : University of Michigan Library
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : History
ISBN : UOMDLP:afy6752:0001.001

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The Science of Aesthetics by Henry Noble Day Pdf

Author : S. Chandrasekhar
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226162775

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Truth and Beauty by S. Chandrasekhar Pdf

"What a splendid book! Reading it is a joy, and for me, at least, continuing reading it became compulsive. . . . Chandrasekhar is a distinguished astrophysicist and every one of the lectures bears the hallmark of all his work: precision, thoroughness, lucidity."—Sir Hermann Bondi, Nature The late S. Chandrasekhar was best known for his discovery of the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf star, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983. He was the author of many books, including The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes and, most recently, Newton's Principia for the Common Reader.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1243081139

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Aesthetics, Or, The Science of Beauty by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anjan Chatterjee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199811809

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The Aesthetic Brain by Anjan Chatterjee Pdf

The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, pleasure, and art exist at all.

Author : Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg,Jane Calvert,Pablo Schyfter,Alistair Elfick,Drew Endy
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262019996

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Synthetic Aesthetics by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg,Jane Calvert,Pablo Schyfter,Alistair Elfick,Drew Endy Pdf

As synthetic biology transforms living matter into a medium for making, what is the role of design and its associated values?

Author : Greg Currie,Matthew Kieran,Aaron Meskin,Jon Robson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191046094

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Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie,Matthew Kieran,Aaron Meskin,Jon Robson Pdf

Through much of the twentieth century, philosophical thinking about works of art, design, and other aesthetic products has emphasized intuitive and reflective methods, often tied to the idea that philosophy's business is primarily to analyze concepts. This 'philosophy from the armchair' approach contrasts with methods used by psychologists, sociologists, evolutionary thinkers, and others who study the making and reception of the arts empirically. How far should philosophers be sensitive to the results of these studies? Is their own largely a priori method basically flawed? Are their views on aesthetic value, interpretation, imagination, and the emotions of art to be rethought in the light of best science? The essays in this volume seek answers to these questions, many through detailed studies of problems traditionally regarded as philosophical but where empirical inquiry seems to be shedding interesting light. No common view is looked for or found in this volume: a number of authors argue that the current enthusiasm for scientific approaches to aesthetics is based on a misunderstanding of the philosophical enterprise and sometimes on misinterpretation of the science; others suggest various ways that philosophy can and should accommodate and sometimes yield to the empirical approach. The editors provide a substantial introduction which sets the scene historically and conceptually before summarizing the claims and arguments of the essays.