The Aesthetics of Science
Title | The Aesthetics of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Milena Ivanova |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2020-01-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0429638558 |
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.
The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments
Title | The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments PDF eBook |
Author | Milena Ivanova |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2023-06-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1000900800 |
The relationship between aesthetics and science has begun to generate substantial interest. However, for the most part, the focus has been on the beauty of theories, and other aspects of scientific practice have been neglected. This book offers a novel perspective on aesthetics in experimentation via ten original essays from an interdisciplinary group comprised of philosophers, historians of science and art, and artists. The collection provides an analysis of the concept of beauty in the evaluation of experiments. What properties do practising experimenters value? How have the aesthetic properties of scientific experiments changed over the years? Secondly, the volume looks at the role that aesthetic factors, including negative values such as ugliness, as well as experiences of the sublime and the profound, play in the construction of an experiment and its reception. Thirdly, the chapters provide in-depth historical case studies from the Royal Society, which also allows for a study of the depiction of scientific experiment in artworks, as well as contemporary examples from the Large Hadron Collider and cases of experiments designed by artificial intelligence. Finally, it offers an exploration of the commonalities between how we learn from experiments on the one hand and the cognitive value of artworks on the other. The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in philosophy and history of science, philosophy and history of art, as well as practising scientists and science communicators.
Practicing Art/Science
Title | Practicing Art/Science PDF eBook |
Author | Philippe Sormani |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2018-07-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351708074 |
Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology have seen the light of day. Why, by whom, and under what circumstances are such initiatives promoted? What does their experimental character look like - and what can be learned, epistemologically and institutionally, from probing the multiple practices of "art/science" at work? In answer to the questions raised, Practicing Art/Science contrasts topical positions and insightful case studies, ranging from the detailed investigation of "art at the nanoscale" to the material analysis of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and its cracked smile. In so doing, this volume brings to bear the "practice turn" in science and technology studies on the empirical investigation of multifaceted experimentation across contemporary art, science, and technology in situ. Against the background of current discourse on "artistic research," the introduction not only explains the particular relevance of the "practice turn" in STS to tackle the interdisciplinary task at hand, but offers also a timely survey of varying strands of artistic experimentation. In bringing together ground-breaking studies from internationally renowned scholars and upcoming researchers in sociology, art theory and artistic practice, as well as history and philosophy of science, Practicing Art/Science will be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in said fields, as well as postgraduate students and representatives of higher education and research policy more broadly.
The Aesthetics of Necropolitics
Title | The Aesthetics of Necropolitics PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha Lushetich |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2018-12-11 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1786606860 |
The collection comprises contributions from leading artist-theorists in the fields of necropolitics and tactical media, and from increasingly influential scholars of biomediality and urban performativity
Sensory Experiments
Title | Sensory Experiments PDF eBook |
Author | Erica Fretwell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781478010937 |
Erica Fretwell examines how psychophysics--a nineteenth-century scientific movement originating in Germany dedicated to the empirical study of sensory experience--became central to the process of creating human difference along the lines of race, gender, and ability in nineteenth-century America.
The Aesthetics and Multimodality of Style
Title | The Aesthetics and Multimodality of Style PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Siefkes |
Publisher | Sprache ¿ Medien ¿ Innovationen |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Aesthetics |
ISBN | 9783631675625 |
The book outlines experimental style research in aesthetics and multimodality research. It focuses on human cognitive and perceptual processes connected with style. On this basis, a common theoretical basis for style in literature, art, architecture, and design is proposed. - neuroaesthetics; stylistics; linguistics; cognition; art; design
Beauty and the Beast
Title | Beauty and the Beast PDF eBook |
Author | Ernst Peter Fischer |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2013-11-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1489961445 |
Showing how the aesthetic delights of thought, analysis, research, and discovery are leading components of the scientific mind and process, he examines everything from snowflakes to the overall makeup of the space-time continuum. He explores these concepts and others including the golden mean, evolution, symmetry in nature, as well as imaginary numbers and irrationality as proof of beauty in science. He presents truth as a state of beauty - and beauty as the embodiment of truth. This book will appeal to lay people and scientists alike.