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On the Aesthetics of Scientific Experimentation - Volume 2

After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...

Explore the ideas that drive ‘progress’. And the challenges they createAre you gripped by debates on misinformation, AI, and the role of science in public life? This course combines the philosophy of ...

AI-powered healthcare promises to solve current problems, offering more efficient, unbiased and accurate care to users. This chapter seeks to ground the promises of AI discourses within concerns of ep...

Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Duhem and Holism

Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Duhem and Holism

Concern about climate change is ever-growing with Artificial Technologies often being touted as the potential ‘saviour’ to many of the Earth’s envi

After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...

A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...

After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...

Nearly forty years ago three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey published an article that would change the global mood forever. What Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin had disc...

Milena Ivanova and Steven French, The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-032-33718-0. £110.00 (hardback). - Volume 57 Issue 1

Open Minds XVIII The eighteenth annual philosophy conference for postgraduate students in philosophy  organized by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester Event date and loc...

Demand Spotify Remove Andrew Tate’s Harmful Courses on How to Traffic Women

A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...

The Institute would like to congratulate Dr Milena Ivanova, Senior Teaching Associate and Course Director in Philosophy for receiving the 2024 Routledge, Taylor and Francis Prize from the APA. The Pri...

The recent images from the James Webb Telescope were deliberately made to look beautiful by NASA. The telescope itself can’t even detect visible light – the colours of the images were chosen by the…

This article starts an engagement on the aesthetics of experiments and offers an account for analysing how aesthetics features in the design, evaluation and reception of experiments. I identify two di...

2024 APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs: The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies (Claremont McKenna College)2024 Article Prize: Lindsay Brainard (University of Alabama at Birmingham), “The Curious Case of Uncurious Creation,” Inquiry (2023)

The relationship between aesthetics and science has begun to generate substantial interest. However, for the most part, the focus has been on the beauty of theories, and other aspects of scientific pr...