Milena Ivanova
Biographic Data
| ID | 462013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Milena Ivanova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Milena |
| FAMILY NAME | Ivanova |
| SIGNATURE | IVANOVA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1367-136X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Surprise in Science: A qualitative study
A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surprising results have been recognised as playing an important epistemic role in science, the literature so far has primarily focused on establishing the power of simulations and thought experiments as compared to experiments and the epistemic superiori…
Beauty in experiment: A qualitative analysis of aesthetic experiences in scientific practice
What is a Beautiful Experiment
This article starts an engagement on the aesthetics of experiments and offers an account for analysing how aesthetics features in the design, evaluation and reception of experiments. I identify two dimensions of aesthetic evaluation of experiments: design and significance. When it comes to design, a number of qualities, such as simplicity, economy and aptness, are analysed and illustrated with the famous Meselson-Stahl experiment. Beautiful exper…
Introduction: First principles in science—their status and justification
The aesthetics of scientific experiments
This article explores the aesthetic dimensions of scientific experimentation, addressing specifically how aesthetic features enter the construction, evaluation and reception of an experiment. I highlight the relationship between experiments and artistic acts in the early years of the Royal Society where experiments do not serve only epistemic aims but also aim to generate feelings of awe and pleasure. I turn to analysing which aspects of experime…
Virtues and vices in scientific practice
Poincaré’s aesthetics of science
Aesthetic values in science
Scientists often use aesthetic values in the evaluation and choice of theories. Aesthetic values are not only regarded as leading to practically more useful theories but are often taken to stand in a special epistemic relation to the truth of a theory such that the aesthetic merit of a theory is evidence of its truth. This paper explores what aesthetic considerations influence scientists' reasoning, how such aesthetic values relate to the utility…
Teaching and learning guide for aesthetics of science
Conventional Principles in Science: On the foundations and development of the relativized a priori
Conventionalism, structuralism and neo-Kantianism in Poincaré׳s philosophy of science
Conventionalism about what? Where Duhem and Poincaré part ways
Good Sense’ in context: A response to Kidd
Pierre Duhem’s good sense as a guide to theory choice
Pierre Duhem’s good sense as a guide to theory choice
Poincaré’s aesthetics of science
Aesthetic values in science
Scientists often use aesthetic values in the evaluation and choice of theories. Aesthetic values are not only regarded as leading to practically more useful theories but are often taken to stand in a special epistemic relation to the truth of a theory such that the aesthetic merit of a theory is evidence of its truth. This paper explores what aesthetic considerations influence scientists' reasoning, how such aesthetic values relate to the utility…
Virtues and vices in scientific practice
Conventionalism about what? Where Duhem and Poincaré part ways
The aesthetics of scientific experiments
This article explores the aesthetic dimensions of scientific experimentation, addressing specifically how aesthetic features enter the construction, evaluation and reception of an experiment. I highlight the relationship between experiments and artistic acts in the early years of the Royal Society where experiments do not serve only epistemic aims but also aim to generate feelings of awe and pleasure. I turn to analysing which aspects of experime…
Good Sense’ in context: A response to Kidd
Beauty in experiment: A qualitative analysis of aesthetic experiences in scientific practice
Pierre Duhem’s good sense as a guide to theory choice
Good Sense’ in context: A response to Kidd
Conventional Principles in Science: On the foundations and development of the relativized a priori
Conventionalism, structuralism and neo-Kantianism in Poincaré׳s philosophy of science
Conventionalism about what? Where Duhem and Poincaré part ways
Virtues and vices in scientific practice
Poincaré’s aesthetics of science
Aesthetic values in science
Scientists often use aesthetic values in the evaluation and choice of theories. Aesthetic values are not only regarded as leading to practically more useful theories but are often taken to stand in a special epistemic relation to the truth of a theory such that the aesthetic merit of a theory is evidence of its truth. This paper explores what aesthetic considerations influence scientists' reasoning, how such aesthetic values relate to the utility…
Teaching and learning guide for aesthetics of science
Introduction: First principles in science—their status and justification
The aesthetics of scientific experiments
This article explores the aesthetic dimensions of scientific experimentation, addressing specifically how aesthetic features enter the construction, evaluation and reception of an experiment. I highlight the relationship between experiments and artistic acts in the early years of the Royal Society where experiments do not serve only epistemic aims but also aim to generate feelings of awe and pleasure. I turn to analysing which aspects of experime…
What is a Beautiful Experiment
This article starts an engagement on the aesthetics of experiments and offers an account for analysing how aesthetics features in the design, evaluation and reception of experiments. I identify two dimensions of aesthetic evaluation of experiments: design and significance. When it comes to design, a number of qualities, such as simplicity, economy and aptness, are analysed and illustrated with the famous Meselson-Stahl experiment. Beautiful exper…
Beauty in experiment: A qualitative analysis of aesthetic experiences in scientific practice
Surprise in Science: A qualitative study
A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surprising results have been recognised as playing an important epistemic role in science, the literature so far has primarily focused on establishing the power of simulations and thought experiments as compared to experiments and the epistemic superiori…
Epistemology (14 works) · Philosophy (14 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (11 works) · Philosophy of science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (4 works)