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Thinking about science, reflecting on art : bringing aesthetics and philosophy of science together /

Thinking about science, reflecting on art : bringing aesthetics and philosophy of science together / edited by Otávio Bueno, George Darby, Steven French, and Dean Rickles. - ix, 192 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Methodological lessons for the integration of philosophy of science and aesthetics: the case of representation -- Nature's handmaid, art -- Of barrels and pipes: representation-as in art and science -- Is captain kirk a natural blonde? do x-ray crystallographers dream of electron clouds? comparing model-based inferences in science with fiction -- Interpreting the sciences, interpreting the arts -- Deep indeterminacy in physics and fiction -- Some philosophical problems of music theory (and some music-theoretic problems of philosophy) -- Kant on beauty and cognition -- Epistemology as fiction -- Art, science and abstract artefacts.

9781138687325

2017008945


Science--Philosophy.
Aesthetics.

Q175.32.A47 / T45 2018

501 / T348