[lit-ideas] Re: Science as Aesthetics?
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 13:35:15 -0400
John: ... Eric and Paul as hard-nosed gentlemen of a
strongly empirical persuasion snorting their contempt.
Paul's the smart one. His nose is to be trusted. I
just like the notion of a "science" being a branch
of aesthetics.
John: But why was the more elegant solution preferred?
Good point. Shakespeare uses a lot of astrological
references. In his day, it worked quite well as a
theory of personality. Kuhn's surmise came from
his trying to understand why Aristotle's physics
was so "wrong" about everything. Then he realized
Aristotle's terms did not have the same meaning
they had for moderns.
I suppose one answer to John's question is what
the term "elegance" means to those who use it in
the disciplines they pursue. "An elegant chess
combination and an elegant musical performance
walk into a bar ..."
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