Beauty and Revolution in Science /

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Explaining why he embraced the theory of relativity, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist P. A. M. Dirac stated, "It is the essential beauty of the theory which I feel is the real reason for believing in it." How reasonable and rational can science be when its practitioners speak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McAllister, James W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy
Science > Mathematical models
Rationalism
Aesthetics
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Mathematical models.
Rationalism.
Aesthetics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Two Challenges to Rationalism
  • 2. Abstract Entities and Aesthetic Evaluations
  • 3. The Aesthetic Properties of Scientific Theories
  • 4. Two Erroneous Views of Scientists' Aesthetic Judgments
  • 5. The Inductive Construction of Aesthetic Preference
  • 6. The Relation of Beauty to Truth
  • 7. A Study of Simplicity
  • 8. Revolution as Aesthetic Rupture
  • 9. Induction and Revolution in the Applied Arts
  • 10. Circles and Ellipses in Astronomy
  • 11. Continuity and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
  • 12. Rational Reasons for Aesthetic Choices
  • References
  • Index

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