Science and Art: Heuristic and Aesthetic Dimensions of Scientific Discovery
dc.contributor.author | Wartofsky, Max W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-07T19:31:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-07T19:31:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/3153 | |
dc.description.abstract | A familiar thesis in the philosophy of science is that considerations of form play a heuristic role in scientific discovery, and that these formal considerations may be characterized as aesthetic. The purpose of this paper is to understand what this claim comes to, and to explore the question of why aesthetic form does indeed play such a powerful heuristic role in scientific thought. | |
dc.subject | Philosophy Of Science | |
dc.subject | Philosophy Of Physics | |
dc.subject | Albert Einstein | |
dc.title | Science and Art: Heuristic and Aesthetic Dimensions of Scientific Discovery | |
dc.type | article | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-09-07T19:31:20Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY Brockport | |
dc.source.peerreviewed | TRUE | |
dc.source.status | published | |
dc.description.publicationtitle | Philosophic Exchange | |
dc.contributor.organization | Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York | |
dc.languate.iso | en_US |
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