WHY IS BEAUTY A ROAD TO THE TRUTH?

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Pages:: 365–374

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401201339_016

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This paper discusses Theo Kuipers’ account of beauty and truth. It challenges Kuipers’ psychological account of how scientists come to appreciate beautiful theories, as well as his attempt to justify the use of aesthetic criteria on the basis of a “meta-induction.” I propose an alternative psychological/philosophical account based on emotional coherence.

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Cognitive Structures in Scientific Inquiry

Essays in Debate with Theo Kuipers. Volume 2

Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 84, Monographs-in-Debate, Volume: 84, and Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Online, Volume: 84

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789401201339

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2005

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