James W. McAllister is University Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Leiden.
A valuable, important, persuasively argued book. Highly
recommended.
*Choice*
This is a great book. It clearly and concisely does what it sets
out to do: it examines the basic philosophical and sociological
theories of the role of aesthetics in science, it identifies the
critical assumptions and contradictions that differentiate these
views, and it provides a carefully reasoned, well-documented and
novel approach to the issues. Best of all, the book is eminently
readable. Anyone interested in the bases of scientific
controversies, the nature of scientific revolutions, or the
similarities and differences between the sciences and the arts
should definitely read McAllister's book. It may prove to be as
fundamental as Thomas S. Kuhn's Structure of Scientific
Revolutions.
*American Scientist*
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