Overview
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 a study of the aesthetic evaluations that scientists pass on their theories.
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Author: James W. McAllister
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780801432408
ISBN 10: 0801432405
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 03 July 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
An outstanding contribution to a little developed aspect of the philosophy and history of science. -- Marx W. Wartofsky, Baruch College This is a great book. It clearly and concisely does what it sets out to do: it examines the basic philosophical and sociological theories of the role of aesthetics in science, it identifies the critical assumptions and contradictions that differentiate these views, and it provides a carefully reasoned, well-documented and novel approach to the issues. Best of all, the book is eminently readable. Anyone interested in the bases of scientific controversies, the nature of scientific revolutions, or the similarities and differences between the sciences and the arts should definitely read McAllister's book. It may prove to be as fundamental as Thomas S. Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions. * American Scientist * A valuable, important, persuasively argued book. Highly recommended. * Choice *
An outstanding contribution to a little developed aspect of the philosophy and history of science. --Marx W. Wartofsky, Baruch College This is a great book. It clearly and concisely does what it sets out to do: it examines the basic philosophical and sociological theories of the role of aesthetics in science, it identifies the critical assumptions and contradictions that differentiate these views, and it provides a carefully reasoned, well-documented and novel approach to the issues. Best of all, the book is eminently readable. Anyone interested in the bases of scientific controversies, the nature of scientific revolutions, or the similarities and differences between the sciences and the arts should definitely read McAllister's book. It may prove to be as fundamental as Thomas S. Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions. --American Scientist A valuable, important, persuasively argued book. Highly recommended. --Choice
Author Information
James W. McAllister is University Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Leiden.
