Dear all, The CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) seminar series continues this Wednesday, 14 November, 1-2:30pm in HPS Seminar Room 2. Angela Breitenbach (Philosophy, Cambridge), will give a talk entitled "Aesthetics in science". The abstract is below.
All are very welcome, and we hope to see many of you there. Best wishes, Vashka -- Can aesthetic considerations legitimately be linked to the empirical success of scientific theories? I suggest that a satisfactory answer to this question should account for the apparent attraction that aesthetic considerations seem to have for scientists, while also explaining the apparent instability of the link between the beauty of a theory and its success. I argue that two widespread tendencies in the literature, Pythagorean and subjectivist approaches, have difficulties meeting this challenge. I propose a Kantian conception of aesthetic judgments as second-order considerations, related to our own intellectual capacities for making sense of the world, and argue that it fares better. _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
