Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1160557 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A | 2011 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
The intersection between art, poetry, philosophy and science was the leitmotif which guided the lives and careers of romantic natural philosophers including that of the Danish natural philosopher, H. C. Ãrsted. A simple model of Ãrsted's career would be one in which it was framed by two periods of philosophical speculation: the youth's curious and idealistic interest in new attractive thoughts and the experienced man's mature reflections at the end of his life. We suggest that a closer look at the epistemological aspects of his works on the theory of beauty reveals a connection between this late work and his early philosophical work including experimental philosophy, but also with the work in teaching and textbook writing, that lies in between. The latter includes Ãrsted's view on the application of mathematics in natural philosophy as well as his failed attempt at a genetic presentation of elementary geometry.
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Authors
Kristine Hays Lynning, Anja Skaar Jacobsen,