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Beauty And Revolution In Science
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Résumé
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 on their theories.
Sommaire
- Two challenges to rationalism
- Abstract entities and aesthetic evaluations
- The aesthetic properties of scientific theories
- Two erroneous views of scientist's aesthetic judgments
- The inductive construction of aesthetic preference
- The relation of beauty to truth
- A study of simplicity
- Revolution as aesthetic rupture
- Induction and revolution in the applied arts
- Circles and ellipses in astronomy
- Continuity and revolution in twentieth-century physics
- Rational reasons for aesthetic choices
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Date de parution26/10/1999
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Editeur
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ISBN0-8014-8625-4
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EAN9780801486258
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PrésentationBroché
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Nb. de pages231 pages
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Poids0.39 Kg
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Dimensions15,5 cm × 23,0 cm × 1,6 cm
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Biographie de James-W McAllister
James W. McAllister is University Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Leiden.Les clients ont également aimé
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