Science and the Perception of Nature

Science and the Perception of Nature
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Publisher : Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 0300069502
ISBN-13 : 9780300069501
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Book Synopsis Science and the Perception of Nature by : Charlotte Klonk

Download or read book Science and the Perception of Nature written by Charlotte Klonk and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Klonk's deeply researched accounts of the complex and often ambiguous interactions that took place between artists and scientists challenge simplistic accounts of developments in art as mere by-products of scientific progress as well as reductive socio-economic interpretations. For Klonk, the common thread running through the changes in both art and science is the emergence of a new phenomenalist conception of experience around the turn of the century. Phenomenalism involved a commitment to the scrupulous observation of particular phenomena, without making prior assumptions about meaning or underlying causes, and this ideal was common to both artists and scientists. In this way, Klonk argues, the period represents a brief moment of balance before the concerns of science and art split apart into objectivity and subjectivity, respectively.


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