Beyond Mimesis and Convention Representation in Art and Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Frigg, Roman. (Editor), Hunter, Matthew. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 262
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Science > History.; Aesthetics.; Genetic epistemology.; Science > Philosophy.; Arts.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Science.; Epistemology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3851-7

Representation is a concern crucial to the sciences and the arts alike. Scientists devote substantial time to devising and exploring representations of all kinds. From photographs and computer-generated images to diagrams, charts, and graphs; from scale models to abstract theories, representations a...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction - Roman Frigg and Matthew Hunter, "Beyond Mimesis and Convention: Representation in Art and Science"
• 1) Catherine Z. Elgin, "Telling Instances"
• 2) Nancy Cartwright, "Models: Parables v Fables"
• 3) Anjan Chakravartty, "Truth and Representation in Science: Two Inspirations from Art"
• 4) David Davies, "Learning through Fictional Narratives in Art and Science"
• 5) Adam Toon, "Models as Make-Believe"
• 6) Roman Frigg, "Fiction and Scientific Representation"
• 7) Manuel Garca̕-Carpintero, "Fictional Entities, Theoretical Models and Figurative Truth"
• 8) James Elkins, "Visual Practices Across the University"
• 9) Matthew Hunter, "Experiment, Theory, Representation: Robert Hooke's Material Models"
• 10) Dawna Schuld, "Lost in Space: Consciousness and Experiment in the Work of Irwin and Turrell"
• 11) John Hyman, "Art and Neuroscience"
• Index.