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How reasonable and rational can science be when its practitioners speak of "revolutions" in their thinking and extol certain theories for their "beauty"? James W. McAllister addresses this question with the first systematic study of the aesthetic evaluations that scientists pass...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McAllister, James W. (James William), 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Mathematical models.
Aesthetics.
Rationalism.
Sciences > Modèles mathématiques.
Rationalisme.
rationalism (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
Aesthetics
Rationalism
Science > Mathematical models
Science > Philosophy
Theorie
Naturwissenschaften
Ästhetik
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Esthetica.
Rationaliteit.
Theorieën.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Rationalist Image of Science
  • A Rationalist Model of Theory Evaluation
  • Aesthetic Factors in Discovery and Justification
  • The Boundaries of Scientific Behavior
  • A Precursor:Hutcheson's Account of Beauty in Science
  • The Distinction between Theories and Their Representations
  • The Disregard of Abstract Entities by the Actor-Network Theory
  • Perceiving the Properties of Abstract Entities
  • Aesthetic Values, Properties, and Evaluations
  • Aesthetic Criteria and Canons
  • Identifying Which Properties of Theories Are Aesthetic
  • Classes of Aesthetic Properties
  • Form of Symmetry
  • Invocation of a Model
  • Visualization and Abstractness
  • Metaphysical Allegiance
  • Beauty in the Biological and Social Sciences
  • The Theory of Aesthetic Disinterestedness
  • The Accord of Aesthetic and Empirical Judgments
  • Reductionism about Aesthetic and Empirical Judgments.
  • Precepts and Their Warrants
  • The Warrant of Empirical Criteria
  • The Aesthetic Induction
  • The Conservatism of Aesthetic Canons
  • Fashions and Styles in Science
  • An Example of Scientific Style:Mechanicism
  • Beauty as an Attribute of Truth
  • Aesthetic Judgment and the Recognition of Truth and Falsity
  • Einstein's Account of Theory Assessment
  • The Properties of Theories and the Properties of Phenomena
  • The Possible Success of the Aesthetic Induction
  • The Empirical Corroboration of Metaphysical World Views
  • The Controversy about Scientists' Simplicity Judgments
  • Simplicity and the Unification of Phenomena
  • Degrees and Forms of Simplicity
  • Quantitative Definitions of Simplicity in Theory Choice
  • Simplicity, Beauty, and Truth
  • The Occurrence of Scientific Revolutions
  • The Abandonment of Aesthetic Commitments.
  • Continuity and Rupture in Revolutions
  • Understanding Past Science
  • Factors Inducing and Inhibiting Revolutions
  • The Analogy with Moral and Political Revolutions
  • Aesthetic Judgments and Utilitarian Performance
  • The Response of Architectural Design to Iron and Steel
  • The Use of Reinforced Concrete in Architecture
  • Materials and Forms in Industrial Design
  • The Induction to Styles
  • Testing the Model against History
  • Did Copernicus's Theory Constitute and Empirical Advance?
  • Copernicus's Return to Aristotelian Principles
  • The Aesthetic Preference for Copernicus's Theory
  • Kuhn's Account of the Acceptance of Copernicanism
  • The Iconoclasm of Kepler's Ellipses
  • Two Flaws in Classical Physics
  • Aesthetic Factors in the Appeal of Relativity Theory
  • Quantum Theory and the Loss of Visualization
  • The Renunciation of Determinism
  • Review of Results.
  • A Rational Warrant for Aesthetic Commitments
  • The Rationality of Revolutions
  • A Natural Inductive Disposition.

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