The aesthetics of science : beauty, imagination and understanding /: beauty, imagination and understanding. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Steven French and Milena Ivanova.
• Editors: French, Steven; Ivanova, Milena
• Contents: 1. Introduction Milena Ivanova and Steven French 2. Epistemic Gatekeepers: The Role of Aesthetic Factors in Science Catherine Elgin 3. Getting the Picture: Towards a New Account of Scientific Understanding Letitia Meynell 4. Imagination, Aesthetic Feelings, and Scientific Reasoning Cain Todd 5. Beauty, Truth and Understanding Milena Ivanova 6. A Plea for the Sublime in Science Margherita Arcangeli and Jérome Dokic 7. How Can Loveliness be a Guide to Truth? Inference to the Best Explanation and Exemplars Alexander Bird 8. The Aesthetic and Literary Qualities of Scientific Thought Experiments Alice Murphy 9. Epistemic Radicals and The Vice of Arrogance as a Counterfeit to the Virtue of Assured Epistemic Ambition Matthew Kieran 10. Performance and Practice: Situating the Aesthetic Qualities of Theories Steven French
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 701.05; Art and science; Science -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429638558; 9780429641725; 9780429635380; 9780429030284
• Related ISBNs: 9780367141141
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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